N.M. Admin. Code § 6.100.2.40

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 6.100.2.40 - SCOPE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS

A. Vocational rehabilitation services provided by DVR are any goods or services necessary to render an individual with a disability employable, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) An assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs by qualified personnel, including, if appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology;

(2) Counseling, guidance, and work-related placement services for individuals with disabilities, including job search assistance, placement assistance, job retention services, personal assistance services, and follow-up, follow-along, and specific post-employment services necessary to assist such individuals to maintain, regain, or advance in employment;

(3) Vocational and other training services for individuals with disabilities, which shall include personal and vocational adjustment, books, or other training materials, and such services to the families of such individuals as are necessary to the adjustment or rehabilitation of such individuals (except that no training services in institutions of higher education shall be paid for by DVR unless maximum efforts have been made to secure grant assistance, in whole or in part, from other sources to pay for such training);

(4) Physical and mental restoration services, including, but not limited to:

(a) corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition which is stable or slowly progressive and constitutes an impediment to employment, but is of such nature that such correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or reduce such impediment to employment within a reasonable length of time;

(b) necessary hospitalization in connection with surgery or treatment;

(c) prosthetic and orthotic devices;

(d) eyeglasses and visual services as prescribed by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select;

(e) special services (including transplantation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and supplies necessary for the treatment of individuals with end-stage renal disease; and

(f) diagnosis and treatment for mental and emotional disorders by a physician or licensed psychologist in accordance with state licensure laws.

(5) maintenance for additional costs incurred while participating in rehabilitation;

(6) interpreter services and note-taking services for individuals who are deaf, and reader services for those individuals determined to be blind after an examination by a physician skilled in the disease of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select;

(7) recruitment and training services for individuals with disabilities to provide them with new employment opportunities in the fields of rehabilitation, health, welfare, public safety, and law enforcement, and other appropriate service employment;

(8) rehabilitation teaching services, reader services, and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind;

(9) occupational licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stocks and supplies;

(10) transportation in connection with the rendering of any vocational rehabilitation service;

(11) telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and devices;

(12) rehabilitation technology services;

(13) referral and other services designed to assist individuals with disabilities in securing needed services from other agencies through agreements developed by dvr, if such services are not otherwise available;

(14) transition services that promote or facilitate the accomplishment of long-term rehabilitation goals and intermediate rehabilitation objectives;

(15) on-the-job or other related personal assistance services provided while an individual with a disability is receiving vocational rehabilitation services in this section;

(16) supported employment services (provided only to individuals with the most severe disabilities); and

(17) services to family members of individuals with disabilities if necessary to the adjustment and rehabilitation of the individual.

B. Vocational rehabilitation services when provided for the benefit of groups of individuals, may also include the following:

(1) in the case of any type of small business operated by individuals with the most severe disabilities, the operation of which can be improved by management services and supervision provided by DVR, the provision of such services and supervision, along or together with the acquisition by DVR of vending facilities or other equipment and initial stocks and supplies;

(2) the establishment, development, or improvement of community rehabilitation programs, including, under special circumstances, the construction of a facility, and the provision of other services (including services offered at community rehabilitation programs) which promise to contribute substantially to the rehabilitation of a group of individuals but which are not related directly to the individualized rehabilitation written program of any one individual with a disability. Such programs shall be used to provide services that promote integration and competitive employment;

(3) the use of existing telecommunications systems (including telephone, television, satellite, radio, and other similar systems) which have the potential for substantially improving service delivery methods, and the development of appropriate programming to meet the particular needs of individuals with disabilities;

(4) the use of services providing recorded material for individuals who are blind and captioned films or video cassettes for individuals who are deaf; and

(5) technical assistance and support services to businesses that are not subject to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and that are seeking to employ individuals with disabilities.

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.100.2.40

12-31-98; Recompiled 10/31/01