HAR §17-401.1-27
HAR §17-401.1-27. Transportation services
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-401.1-27
(a)
Transportation means travel and related expenses that
are necessary to enable an applicant or eligible
individual to participate in a VR service, including
expenses for training in the use of public
transportation vehicles and systems. Examples of
expenses that would meet the definition of
transportation include:
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(1)
Travel and related expenses for a personal
care attendant or aide if the services of
that person are necessary to enable the
applicant or eligible individual to travel
to participate in any VR service; and
(2)
Relocation expenses incurred by an eligible
individual in connection with a job
placement that is a significant distance
from the eligible individual’s current
residence.
(b) Transportation services are subject to the
use of comparable services and benefits provisions of
section 17-401.1-13 and the use of personal resources
(financial needs test) provisions of section 17-401.1-
14.
(c) The following additional conditions apply to
the provision of transportation services:
(1)
The transportation allowance shall be
adjusted when the individual is excessively
absent from a training facility.
(2)
A gas allowance for use of a private
automobile may be provided where public
transportation is not readily available or
is inappropriate due to the individual’s
disability. The allowance shall not exceed
the maximum rate per mile allowable for
State employees in the BU-13 collective
bargaining agreement.
(3)
The most economical public means of
transportation available which meets the
individual’s needs shall be used.
(d) The purchase of motorized vehicles including
cars, trucks, vans, and motorcycles is prohibited.
(e) Other transportation services not
prohibited, may be provided with supervisory review
and approval and documentation supporting the decision
in the division’s record of services for the
individual. [Eff AUG 13 2007 ] (Auth: HRS §§347-4,
348-3, 348-6; 29 U.S.C. §§709, 723; 34 C.F.R. §361.50)
(Imp: HRS §§347-4, 348-3, 348-6; 29 U.S.C. §§709,
723; 34 C.F.R. §361.50)
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