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zations)), to the maximum extent possible,
to assist in the development of such individ-
ual’s individualized plan for employment to
enable the individual to make informed and
effective choices in developing the individ-
ualized plan for employment;’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D)—
(I) in clause (i), by striking
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) for individuals entitled to benefits
under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.) on the basis
of a disability or blindness—
‘‘(I) information on the availability of
benefits and medical assistance authorized
under the State medicaid program under
title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or under the medicare
program under title XVIII of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), and
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medical assistance authorized under other
federally funded programs;
‘‘(II) information on the availability of
assistance through benefits planning and
assistance programs authorized under sec-
tion 1149 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b–20) and services provided by
the State protection and advocacy system
and authorized under section 1150 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–21);
and
‘‘(III) in the case of individuals who
are also eligible for a ticket under the Ticket
to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program es-
tablished under section 1148 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–19), general
information regarding the options for using
the ticket and information on how to con-
tact a program manager of the Ticket to
Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to ob-
tain information on approved employment
networks, on providers for the benefits plan-
ning and assistance programs described in
subparagraph (B) in the State, and on the
services provided by the State protection
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and advocacy system and described in sub-
paragraph (B).’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(E)—
(i) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) amended, as necessary, to in-
clude the post-employment services and
service providers that are necessary for the
individual to maintain, regain, or advance
in employment, consistent with the individ-
ual’s strengths, resources, priorities, con-
cerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and
informed choice.’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (B)(i)(I), by strik-
ing ‘‘and personal assistance services’’ and
all that follows and inserting ‘‘mentoring
services, and personal assistance services,
including training in the management of
such services, and referrals described in sec-
tion 103(a)(3) to the device reutilization
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programs and device demonstrations de-
scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of
section 4(e)(2) of the Assistive Technology
Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3003(e)(2)) through
agreements 
developed 
under 
section
101(a)(11)(G); and’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(H) for a student with a disability, the de-
scription specified—
‘‘(i) in subparagraph (A), which may
be a description of the student’s projected
post-school employment outcome; and
‘‘(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), which
shall include the specific transition services
(including, as appropriate, work experience
and mentoring activities) needed to achieve
the student’s employment outcome or pro-
jected employment outcome; and
‘‘(I) for an individual who is receiving as-
sistance from an employment network under the
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Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program es-
tablished under section 1148 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–19), a list of the serv-
ices that are listed in the individual work plan
that the individual developed with the employ-
ment network under subsection (g) of that sec-
tion.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(7), by inserting ‘‘that take
into consideration the informed choice of the indi-
vidual’’ after ‘‘plan development’’.
SEC. 414. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES.
Section 103 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 723) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘literacy
services,’’ after ‘‘vocational adjustment services,’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (15) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(15) transition services for students with dis-
abilities, that facilitate the transition from school to
postsecondary life (including employment through the
achievement of the employment outcome identified in
the individualized plan for employment), including,
in a transition services expansion year, services de-