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 106.433 - Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 All IPEs must be written on the form prescribed by DBS for this
					 purpose.
(b) DBS advises the
					 consumer or, as appropriate, the consumer's representative, of the consumer's
					 options and all DBS procedures and requirements affecting the development and
					 review of an IPE, including the availability of special modes of
					 communication.
(c) In developing an
					 IPE for a student with a disability who is receiving special education
					 services, DBS must consider the student's individualized education
					 program.
(d) The IPE is reviewed
					 with the consumer, or as appropriate, the consumer's representative, as often
					 as necessary, but at least once each year, to assess the consumer's progress in
					 meeting the objectives identified in the IPE.
(e) All substantive revisions necessary to
					 reflect changes in the consumer's employment outcome, specific vocational
					 rehabilitation services, service providers, and the methods used to procure
					 services must be incorporated into the consumer's IPE.
(f) The counselor must provide the consumer
					 or, as appropriate, the consumer's representative with a copy of the IPE and
					 its amendments, in the mode of communication specified by the consumer or
					 representative.
(g) The data used
					 to prepare the IPE must include the information necessary to satisfy federal
					 requirements and to adequately document the consumer's plan of services.
					 Regardless of the approach selected by the consumer to develop the IPE, the IPE
					 must, at a minimum, contain the following mandatory components:
(1) a description of the consumer's specific
					 employment outcome;
(2) a
					 description of the specific vocational rehabilitation services that are needed
					 to achieve the employment outcome, including, as appropriate, the provision of
					 assistive technology devices and assistive technology services; personal
					 assistance services, including training in the management of those services;
					 and timelines for initiating the services and for achieving the employment
					 outcome;
(3) a description of the
					 entity chosen by the consumer or, as appropriate, the consumer's
					 representative, that will provide the vocational rehabilitation services, and
					 the methods used to procure the services;
(4) a description of criteria to evaluate
					 progress toward achievement of the employment outcome;
(5) the terms and conditions of the IPE,
					 including, as appropriate, information describing:
(A) the responsibilities of DBS;
(B) the responsibilities of the consumer,
					 including:
(i) the consumer's
					 responsibilities related to his or her employment outcome;
(ii) if applicable, the consumer's
					 participation in paying for the costs of the plan;
(iii) the consumer's responsibility to apply
					 for and secure comparable benefits; and
(iv) the responsibilities of other entities
					 resulting from arrangements made under comparable services or
					 benefits;
(6)
					 for a consumer with the most significant disabilities for whom an employment
					 outcome in a supported employment setting has been determined to be
					 appropriate, information identifying:
(A) the
					 extended services needed by the consumer; and
(B) the source of extended services or, if
					 the source of the extended services cannot be identified at the time of the IPE
					 is developed, a description of the basis for a reasonable expectation that a
					 source will become available; and
(7) as determined to be necessary, a
					 statement of projected need for post-employment services.