Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
Chapter 106 - DIVISION FOR BLIND SERVICES
Subchapter B - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Division 3 - PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Section 106.423 - Reader Services and Rehabilitation Teaching Services
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Reader services are available only to consumers who are blind and who are receiving vocational or academic training.
(b) The consumer must use all other available reading sources to the greatest extent possible before seeking reimbursement from DBS for reader services.
(c) The maximum amount allowed per month for reader services is calculated according to the number of semester hours the consumer is taking, whether during a fall, spring, or summer semester, and whether the consumer is an undergraduate or graduate student. The rate of reimbursement is available from any DBS office during business hours.
(d) DBS does not pay for reader services rendered by a member of the consumer's family.
(e) To receive reimbursement for reader services, the consumer must submit the information required by DBS on a prescribed form.
