When plan development services are completed, the vocational
rehabilitation provider must submit one of the following reports:
(1)
Vocational rehabilitation
plan. The vocational rehabilitation provider must address the return to
work priorities listed in
RCW
51.32.095 (3) in the plan
and explain why each preceding priority would not help the worker return to
work. The vocational plan must also include the following information:
(a) An assessment of the worker's skills and
abilities considering the worker's:
(i)
Physical capacities and mental status;
(ii) Aptitudes;
(iii) Transferable skills gained through
prior work experience, education, training, hobbies, volunteer experience or
other nonwork related activities;
(iv) Skills gained through skill enhancement
training pursuant to
RCW
51.32.095(2);
(b) Proposed occupational
goal;
(c) The services necessary to
enable the worker to become employable in the labor market;
(d) Labor market survey as defined in WAC
296-19A-140, supportive of the
worker's employability upon plan completion;
(e) Documentation of the time and costs
required for completion of the plan;
(f) A medically approved job analysis for the
proposed retraining job goal;
(g) A
list of the skills the worker will acquire through retraining;
(h) A description of the services that will
be provided prior to completion of the plan that will assist the worker to
successfully transition to gainful employment;
(i) Any other information that may
significantly affect the plan; and
(j) An accountability agreement signed by the
vocational rehabilitation provider and worker that:
(i) Acknowledges that the vocational
rehabilitation provider and the worker have reviewed, understand and agree to
the vocational rehabilitation plan;
(ii) Sets forth the vocational rehabilitation
provider's and worker's responsibilities for the successful implementation and
completion of the vocational rehabilitation plan;
(iii) Details expectations regarding
progress, attendance, and other factors influencing completion of the plan;
and
(iv) Acknowledges the worker
understands that failure to comply with the agreed expectation will result in
initiation of the process to suspend benefits in accordance with
RCW
51.32.110 and WAC
296-14-410.
The vocational rehabilitation provider must use a statement
approved by, or substantially similar to a statement used by, the department in
order to document this agreement.
(2)
Closing report. If the
vocational rehabilitation provider has to stop plan development before a
rehabilitation plan is approved, the vocational rehabilitation provider must
submit a plan development closing report. The report must include:
(a) A list of the reasons the vocational
rehabilitation provider cannot proceed with vocational rehabilitation plan
development activities;
(b)
Supporting documentation, such as: The goals that were researched, the job
analyses that were developed, and/or labor market research as defined by WAC
296-19A-140 that was conducted;
and
(c) An assessment addressing
whether further vocational rehabilitation services may be necessary and likely
to enable the worker to become employable.
Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
296-19A-100
Amended by
WSR
24-23-082, Filed 11/19/2024, effective
1/1/2025
Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.04.030, 51.32.095,
51.32.099 and 51.32.0991 (2007 c 72). 08-06-058, § 296-19A-100, filed
2/29/08, effective 3/31/08. Statutory Authority:
RCW
51.04.020,
51.04.030,
51.32.095,
51.36.100,
51.36.110. 03-11-009, §
296-19A-100, filed 5/12/03, effective 2/1/04; 00-18-078, § 296-19A-100,
filed 9/1/00, effective 6/1/01.
