California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 3 - Department of Rehabilitation › Chapter 2 - Referral and Application Processes; Order of Selection; Eligibility; Record of Services; Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) › Article 5 - The Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) › Section 7130 - Mandatory Procedures for Development of the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE); Review; Amendment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  following mandatory procedures shall be used to develop an Individualized Plan for
				  Employment (IPE).
(1) The IPE shall be a written
				  document prepared on the form DR 215 (Rev. 03/04) provided by the
				  Department.
(2) The IPE shall be
				  developed and implemented in a manner that gives eligible individuals the
				  opportunity to exercise informed choice consistent with 7029.6 of these regulations,
				  in selecting--
(A) The employment outcome,
				  including the employment setting;
(B)
				  The specific vocational rehabilitation services needed to achieve the employment
				  outcome, including the settings in which services will be provided;
(C) The entity or entities that will provide the
				  vocational rehabilitation services; and
(D) The methods available for procuring the
				  services, consistent with applicable State procurement laws and regulations and
				  federal policy directives issued by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
				  Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Rehabilitation Services
				  Administration.
(3) The IPE
				  must be--
(A) Agreed to and signed by the eligible
				  individual or, as appropriate, the individual's representative; and
(B) Approved, signed, and dated by a
				  Rehabilitation Counselor employed by the Department after determining that the
				  employment outcome, the specific vocational rehabilitation services needed to
				  achieve the employment outcome, the employment setting and settings in which
				  services will be provided, the entities that will provide the services, and the
				  methods available for procuring the services are appropriate and necessary in
				  consideration of:
(i.) The individual's unique
				  strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and
				  informed choice; and
(ii.) The scope of
				  applicable laws and regulations specified in Section
				  7029.6(c) of these
				  regulations.
(4) A
				  copy of the IPE and a copy of any amendments to the IPE shall be provided to the
				  eligible individual or, as appropriate, to the individual's representative, in
				  writing and, if appropriate, in the native language or mode of communication of the
				  individual or, as appropriate, the individual's representative.
(5) The IPE shall be reviewed at least annually in
				  accordance with Section
				  7133 of these regulations by a qualified
				  vocational rehabilitation counselor and the eligible individual or, as appropriate,
				  the individual's representative to assess the eligible individual's progress in
				  achieving the identified employment outcome.
(6) The IPE may be amended, as necessary, by the
				  individual or, as appropriate, the individual's representative, in collaboration
				  with a representative of the Department or a qualified vocational rehabilitation
				  counselor (to the extent determined to be appropriate by the individual), if there
				  are substantive changes in the employment outcome, the vocational rehabilitation
				  services to be provided, or the providers of the vocational rehabilitation
				  services.
(7) Amendments to the IPE do
				  not take effect until agreed to and signed by the eligible individual or, as
				  appropriate, the individual's representative and by a Rehabilitation Counselor
				  employed by the Department. Before approving and signing any amendment to the IPE,
				  the Rehabilitation Counselor shall review the amendment consistent with applicable
				  requirements established in (a)(3)(B)1. of this section.
(8) The IPE shall be amended, as necessary, to
				  include the post-employment services and service providers that are necessary for
				  the individual to maintain, advance in or regain employment, consistent with the
				  individual's unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities,
				  capabilities, interests, and informed choice.