Act
(1) Act means the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). (2) Administrative costs under the vocational rehabilitation services portion of the Unified or Combined State Plan means expenditures incurred in the performance of administrative functions under the vocational rehabilitation program carried out under this part, including expenses related to program planning, development, monitoring, and evaluation, including, but not limited to, expenses for (i) Quality assurance; (ii) Budgeting, accounting, financial management, information systems, and related data processing; (iii) Providing information about the program to the public; (iv) Technical assistance and support services to other State agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and businesses and industries, except for technical assistance and support services described in 361.49(a)(4); (v) The State Rehabilitation Council and other advisory committees; (vi) Professional organization membership dues for designated State unit employees; (vii) The removal of architectural barriers in State vocational rehabilitation agency offices and State-operated rehabilitation facilities; (viii) Operating and maintaining designated State unit facilities, equipment, and grounds, as well as the infrastructure of the one-stop system; (ix) Supplies; (x) Administration of the comprehensive system of personnel development described in 361.18, including personnel administration, administration of affirmative action plans, and training and staff development; (xi) Administrative salaries, including clerical and other support staff salaries, in support of these administrative functions; (xii) Travel costs related to carrying out the program, other than travel costs related to the provision of services; (xiii) Costs incurred in conducting reviews of determinations made by personnel of the designated State unit, including costs associated with mediation and impartial due process hearings under 361.57; and (xiv) Legal expenses required in the administration of the program. (3) Applicant means an individual who submits an application for vocational rehabilitation services in accordance with 361.41(b)(2). (4) Appropriate modes of communication means specialized aids and supports that enable an individual with a disability to comprehend and respond to information that is being communicated. Appropriate modes of communication include, but are not limited to, the use of interpreters, open and closed captioned videos, specialized telecommunications services and audio recordings, Brailled and large print materials, materials in electronic formats, augmentative communication devices, graphic presentations, and simple language materials. (5) Assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs means, as appropriate in each case (i) (A) A review of existing data