Haw. Code R. § 17-401.1-6 - Scope of VR services for individuals with disabilities
As appropriate to the VR needs of each individual and consistent with each individual's informed choice, the division must ensure that the following VR services are available to assist the individual with a disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an employment outcome that is consistent with the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice:
(1) Assessment for determining
eligibility and priority for services by qualified personnel, including if
appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology,
in accordance with section 17-401.1-7.
(2) Assessment for determining VR needs by
qualified personnel, including if appropriate, an assessment by personnel
skilled in rehabilitation technology, in accordance with section
17-401.1-10.
(3) Vocational
rehabilitation counseling and guidance, including information and support
services to assist an individual in exercising informed choice in accordance
with section 17-401.1-12.
(4)
Referral and other services necessary to assist applicants and eligible
individuals to secure needed services from other agencies, including other
components of the statewide workforce investment system, in accordance with
section 17-401.1-3, and to advise those individuals about the Client Assistance
Program of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center.
(5) Diagnosis and treatment of physical and
mental impairments (physical and mental restoration services), as defined in
section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-18, and to the
extent that financial support is not readily available from a source other than
the division (such as through health insurance or a comparable service or
benefit in accordance with section 17-401.1-13).
(6) Vocational and other training services,
including personal and vocational adjustment training, books, tools, and other
training materials, except that no training or training services in an
institution of higher education (universities, colleges, community or junior
colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, or hospital schools of
nursing) may be paid for with funds under this section unless maximum efforts
have been made by the division and the individual to secure grant assistance in
whole or in part from other sources to pay for that training.
(8) Transportation in connection with the
rendering of any vocational rehabilitation service as defined in section
17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-27.
(9) Vocational rehabilitation services to
family members, as defined in section 17-401.1-2, of an applicant or eligible
individual if necessary to enable the applicant or eligible individual to
achieve an employment outcome and in accordance with section
17-401.1-22.
(10) Interpreter
services, including sign language and oral interpreter services, for
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and tactile interpreting services
for individuals who are deaf-blind provided by qualified personnel, in
accordance with section 17-401.1-24.
(11) Reader services, rehabilitation teaching
services, and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind,
in accordance with section 17-401.1-25.
(12) Job-related services, including job
search and placement assistance, job retention services, follow-up services,
and follow-along services, in accordance with section 17-401.1-20.
(13) Supported employment services as defined
in section 17-401-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-31.
(14) On the job or other related personal
attendant (personal assistance) services as defined in section 17-401.1-2 and
in accordance with section 17-401.1-30.
(15) Specific post-employment services as
defined in section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section
17-401.1-21.
(16) Occupational
licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks, and supplies in accordance with
section 17-401.1-26.
(17)
Rehabilitation technology as defined in section 17-401.1-2, including vehicular
modification, telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and
devices, in accordance with section 17-401.1-28.
(18) Transition services as defined in
section 17-401.1-2 and in accordance with section 17-401.1-29.
(19) Technical assistance and other
consultation services to conduct market analyses, develop business plans, and
otherwise provide resources, to the extent those resources are authorized to be
provided through the statewide workforce investment system, to eligible
individuals who are pursuing self-employment or telecommuting or establishing a
small business operation as an employment outcome, in accordance with section
17-401.1-32.
(20) Other goods and
services determined necessary for the individual with a disability to achieve
an employment outcome, in accordance with section 17-401.1-33.
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