460 IAC 14.1-7-4 Comparable services and benefits

Sec. 4. (a) A participant must: (1) cooperate with the VR program's efforts to identify comparable services and benefits, including available federal, state, local, and institutional financial aid and grant assistance; and (2) use any available comparable services and benefits before receiving assistance from the VR program, unless it would delay: (A) immediate job placement; (B) progress toward the employment outcome listed on their individualized plan for employment; or (C) providing vocational rehabilitation services to an individual determined to be at extreme medical risk, based on medical evidence provided by an appropriate qualified medical professional. (b) If a participant does not use available comparable services or benefits, the participant is responsible for the cost of the service or good up to the amount of the available comparable service and benefit. (c) If a comparable service or benefit is not available at the time needed, a participant shall receive the vocational rehabilitation service that would have been provided as a comparable service or benefit from the VR program until the comparable service or benefit becomes available. (d) Vocational rehabilitation services listed in 34 CFR 361.53(b) are excluded from the comparable services and benefits requirement.