Ohio Admin. Code 3304-5-01 - Independent living services for older individuals who are blind
(A)
This rule implements 34 CFR 367 Subpart A - General in
effect on the effective date of this rule.
(B)
OOD's bureau of
services for the visually impaired (BSVI) provides for independent living
services to older individuals who are blind (ILOB).
(1)
ILOB services are
available to individuals under the following conditions:
(a)
The individual is
age fifty-five or older; and
(b)
The individual is
blind or has low vision; and
(c)
The individual's
visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to obtain
but for whom ILOB goals are feasible.
(2)
OOD shall
schedule and conduct interviews for all appropriate referrals and shall
complete an assessment regarding the eligible individual's needs and goals for
independence.
OOD may enter a contract
to provide for case management.
(C)
OOD shall provide
each ILOB applicant and eligible individual the same information as required in
paragraph (D) in rule
3304-2-51 of the Administrative
Code.
(D)
OOD shall purchase services only from qualified service
providers as listed in rule
3304-2-53 of the Administrative
Code.
(E)
Ancillary conditions for providing services. OOD shall
provide only those services listed on the independent living plan (ILP), except
for diagnostic, counseling and guidance, and referral services. Auxiliary
services, such as transportation and interpretive services, may be provided
whether or not listed on the ILP to participate in any approved service as
determined necessary by ILOB staff.
(F)
The ILP shall be
developed between the eligible individual and ILOB staff on a form approved by
BSVI. The ILP is void without an agreed on IL goal which enables the eligible
individual to become more mobile and to become more self-sufficient in the
eligible individual's home and community.
(1)
The ILP shall be
developed mutually between each eligible individual and the OOD qualified ILOB
staff. The ILP:
(2)
Shall contain a list of rights and duties for the
eligible individual, or a separate document providing rights and duties
information;
(3)
Is not a promise that the eligible individual will
receive every service listed;
(4)
Services are
dependent on such variables as the eligible individual's cooperation, OOD
policy changes, and OOD funds;
(5)
Shall contain the
ILP goal(s) and the projected date(s) to reach the goal(s);
(6)
Shall contain the
objective(s) for attainment of the goal(s);
(7)
Shall contain the
list of any service or activity to obtain the ILP goal; and
(8)
The ILP shall be
provided in a format of the eligible individual's choice.
(G)
BSVI
may provide independent living services for ILOB as provided in
34 C.F.R.
367.3(b), in effect on the
effective date of this rule, as determined necessary and appropriate by the
ILOB staff.
(H)
OOD shall close an eligible individual's case for
reasons that include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
The eligible
individual has reached the goals recorded on the ILP;
(2)
The eligible
individual has been referred to BSVI vocational rehabilitation;
(3)
The eligible
individual has been referred to another agency for services;
(4)
The eligible
individual is no longer interested in services or cannot be located or
contacted;
(5)
The eligible individual is not available to participate
in ILOB services due to moving, or due to deterioration of function due to a
disabling condition;
(6)
The eligible individual has been institutionalized with
no reasonable expectation of leaving institutionalized care;
(7)
The eligible
individual is no longer participating in ILP activities;
(8)
The eligible
individual has died; or
(9)
The individual does not have severe visual impairment,
or is not blind, or have low vision.
(I)
An eligible
individual may file an appeal as provided in rule
3304-2-62 of the Administrative
Code.
(J)
Information shall remain confidential as provided in
rule 3304-2-63 of the Administrative
Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3304.15(C)(1)
Rule Amplifies: 3304.14
Prior Effective Dates: 08/01/1995, 01/30/2001, 08/14/2006, 10/24/2016
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