460 IAC 14.1-19-3 Additional vehicle modification

Sec. 3. (a) A participant who previously received vehicle modification services may receive assistance with an additional vehicle modification of a vehicle determined as fit for vehicle modification, based on a premodification vehicle inspection, if their current vehicle modification no longer meets their vocational rehabilitation needs due to a substantial change in their functional limitations. (b) If a participant previously received vehicle modification services and has not had a substantial change in their functional limitations, they may receive assistance with the full cost of a vehicle modification if: (1) it has been at least five (5) years from the date their original vehicle modification service was completed; (2) the vehicle odometer shows the vehicle has been driven at least one hundred thousand (100,000) miles; and (3) the vehicle or vehicle modification no longer meets their vocational rehabilitation needs due to the diminished operability of the vehicle or vehicle modification. (c) If a participant previously received vehicle modification services and has not had a substantial change in their functional limitations, they may receive assistance with fifty percent (50%) of the cost of a vehicle modification if: (1) it has been less than five (5) years since the original vehicle modification service; and (2) the vehicle or vehicle modification cannot be repaired. (d) Subsection (c) does not apply to participants eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. (e) A participant may request an exception to limitations for subsequent modification under 460 IAC 14.1-8-1.