Sec. 111.070. PROVISION OF SERVICES

(a) The board by rule shall establish and maintain guidelines for providing vocational rehabilitation services that are consistent with state and federal laws and regulations and that include:

(1) a system of organization for the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services statewide;

(2) eligibility requirements for vocational rehabilitation services;

(3) requirements for the rehabilitation planning process;

(4) the types of services that may be provided to a client through a vocational rehabilitation program; and

(5) requirements for client participation in the costs of vocational rehabilitation services, including documentation that a client has sought benefits for which the client is eligible from sources other than the commission and that may assist the client in obtaining vocational rehabilitation goods or services.

(b) The board shall annually assess the effectiveness of the state's vocational rehabilitation program.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.