Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 107 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION › Title 107 CMR 6.00 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 6.15 - Telecommunications, Sensory, and Technological Aids and Devices

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Telecommunications, sensory and other
			 technological aids and devices include: alerting and signaling devices;
			 amplified or text telephones and personal and large area FM assistive listening
			 devices for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Such devices or aids
			 may include but are not limited to: visual or vibrating alerts for doorbells;
			 kitchen timers; alarm clocks and smoke detectors. These aids may be needed by
			 an individual with hearing loss instead of or in addition to hearing aids.
Telecommunications, sensory and other technological aids and
				devices may be provided only to the extent necessary to enable an individual to
				attain a suitable employment outcome or as necessary to enable an individual to
				complete an assessment, trial work experience or extended evaluation to
				determine eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs
(2) Evaluations, prescriptions,
			 installations, and fittings for telecommunications, sensory, and technological
			 aids and devices must be performed by skilled personnel who meet applicable
			 licensing or certification requirements of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
			 Aids, devices and related services must meet established state or federal
			 health and safety standards. The Commission may establish criteria and limits
			 designed to ensure product quality, durability, safety, and
			 reliability.
(3) The Commission may
			 retain legal title and control of any aids and devices purchased for an
			 individual. Such legal title and control shall be in accordance with all
			 applicable Massachusetts laws, regulations and related requirements governing
			 title, use, replacement, disposition, and transfer. The Commission may require
			 the return of such aids and devices if it determines the aids or devices are
			 not being utilized for the purposes for which it was provided. All aids and
			 devices shall be returned to the Commission in good condition upon request.
			 Aids and devices shall not be attached, confiscated, or otherwise encumbered by
			 creditors or other sources. At such time as an individual is performing
			 successfully in employment and considered to have attained his/her vocational
			 rehabilitation goals, title to and control of aids and devices may be
			 transferred to the individual.
(4)
			 Rates, fees, and expenditures for telecommunications, sensory and other
			 technological aids and devices are subject to all applicable Commonwealth of
			 Massachusetts statutory, regulatory, and related requirements governing
			 purchases of services and goods.
(5) Telecommunications, sensory and other
			 technological aids and devices are subject to the determination of financial
			 participation and to consideration of any comparable benefit available to an
			 individual to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of telecommunications,
			 sensory and other technological aids and devices.