Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 582 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Division 60 - TERMINATION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Section 582-060-0020 - Termination of Services After Eligibility
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 582-060-0020
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Termination of Services - 'Other Than Rehabilitated'.
(a) The office may close an
individual's file when the individual fails to achieve an employment outcome
for the following reasons:
(A)
Death;
(B) Ineligibility;
(C) Extended services for Supported
Employment not available despite exploration of all types of extended
supports;
(D) Individual fails to
cooperate with or fails to make suitable progress toward developing or
completing necessary steps in the IPE within the agreed-upon
timeframes;
(E) Individual is
institutionalized or otherwise unavailable for services;
(F) Individual received VR services and was
placed in non-integrated, non-competitive work setting;
(G) The office is unable to locate or contact
the individual;
(H) Individual has
refused necessary services or chooses not to participate in necessary OVRS
programs;
(I) Individual is
receiving services from another agency and no longer requires the office's
services; or
(J) Other reason as
documented by the office.
(b) The office may close the file of a
presumed-eligible individual if:
(A) The file
documents clear and convincing evidence that the individual is incapable of
benefiting from services; or
(B)
The individual meets the criteria for termination of services under
582-060-0020(1)(a).
(c)
The office shall make a closure determination only after providing an
opportunity for full consultation with the individual or, as appropriate, with
the individual's representative. The individual's involvement is not required
when:
(A) The individual refuses to
participate;
(B) The individual is
no longer present in the state;
(C)
The individual's whereabouts are unknown; or
(D) The individual's medical condition is
rapidly progressive or terminal.
(d) All notifications of closure shall
include:
(A) Notice that the office is closing
the case;
(B) The rationale for the
closure; and
(C) Dispute resolution
information regarding the mediation and impartial fair hearing appeal process,
as well as referral to information about the Client Assistance Program
(CAP).
(2) Termination of Services - Rehabilitated:
(a)
Closure of an individual's file as 'Rehabilitated' requires documentation that:
(A) The individual has achieved the
employment outcome identified in by the IPE, consistent with the individual's
strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests
and informed choice;
(B) The
individual has maintained the employment outcome for an appropriate period of
time, not less than 90 days, sufficient to ensure stability in the position
without further vocational rehabilitation services;
(C) The individual and counselor consider the
employment outcome to be satisfactory and agree the that individual is
performing consistent with goal identified in the IPE; and
(D) The office informs the individual in
writing, supplemented through other appropriate modes of communication as
necessary, of the availability of post-employment services.
(b) The office shall provide
notice to an individual that OVRS is closing the file 'Rehabilitated'. The
notification shall:
(A) Be in writing
supplemented, as necessary, through appropriate modes of
communication;
(B) Inform the
individual that OVRS is closing the case as 'Rehabilitated';
(C) Provide the rationale for the decision;
and
(D) Include dispute resolution
information regarding the mediation and impartial fair hearing appeal process
and the Client Assistance Program (CAP)
Stat. Auth.: ORS 344.530
Stats. Implemented: ORS 344.511 - 344.690 & 344.710 - 344.730
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