New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 91 - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL POLICY PROVISIONS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR COMMISSION SERVICES
Section 10:91-2.10 - Presumption of eligibility
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:91-2.10
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A person who meets one of the following criteria will be presumed to be eligible for those services described in 10:91-4.1 through 4.3:
1. The
person is a former client of the Commission who was previously found eligible pursuant to
10:91-2.1 through 2.6 and the date on which the person was most
recently referred to the Commission is not more than one year after the date on which the person's most
recent case was closed;
2. The person is a former client of the
Commission who was previously found eligible pursuant to
10:91-2.1 through 2.5, and whose eye condition, as reported on
the most recent Commission eye report is one which generally remains stable;
3. The person is a client of another Federal, State, local or
community-based agency and is being referred to the Commission by that agency's staff person who has
documentation from an eye practitioner on file that the person being referred is visually impaired. Such
documentation shall be requested by Commission staff within 14 days of receipt of referral; or
4. The visually impaired person is a recipient of SSI or SSDI benefits and
is interested in achieving an employment outcome, consistent with their unique strengths, resources,
priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, and interests.
(b) A person shall not be presumed eligible for those Commission services for which there is a financial needs standard (see 10:91-3.1 through 3.3).
(c) If, at any time, a Commission caseworker receives information which suggests a person who has been presumed eligible may not be eligible, then the caseworker will commence a full eligibility determination.
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