N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-16.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:95-16.1 - Other training and placement related services

(a) Other training and placement related services are basic services or pieces of equipment which are required by clients for their education or training because of their visual impairment.

(b) The Commission shall apply its comparable benefits and services rules as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-3 to the provision of services described in (c) below.

(c) The other training and placement related services available from the Commission shall be:

1. An allotment for reader/amanuensis service. The Commission's reader/amanuensis rules are set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:95-8.8;

2. Orientation and mobility training. The Commission's orientation and mobility rules are set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:93-3;

3. Rehabilitation teaching. The Commission's rehabilitation teaching rules are set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:93-4;

4. Interpreter for deaf/blind clients. The Commission shall pay the market fees after consultation with the New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The vocational rehabilitation counselor shall pay an additional 15 percent of the hourly or daily rate for a totally blind client who requires hands-on interpretation; and

5. Interpreter for non-English speaking clients.

(d) The Commission may provide other training and placement related services to any client for whom there is a vocational goal which is documented in the client's individualized plan for employment. (see N.J.A.C. 10:95-4). The individualized plan for employment shall delineate the specific services that shall be provided and the length of service provision.

(e) The Commission may also provide other training and placement related services to a client attending a college or training program while undergoing an extended evaluation (see N.J.A.C. 10:95-3.3) or during the development of the individualized plan for employment.

(f) A client shall not receive other training and placement related services if:

1. The client is attending a program that is uncertified or unaccredited;

2. The client is taking make-up courses. If these courses are being repeated during a semester in which new courses are being undertaken, payments for other training and placement related services shall be pro rated to provide for the new courses only; or

3. The client elects to take a second training or education program similar to one already completed.

(g) The Commission's vocational rehabilitation funds shall be used to pay for other training and placement related services as long as another rehabilitation service is being provided. In order to continue receiving the services described in this subchapter, there must be a reason for the Commission to continue the provision of primary vocational rehabilitation services. The Commission shall not pay for other training and placement related services beyond the amount of time normally needed to complete the training program or beyond the extended course of study in the client's individualized plan for employment.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-16.1

Amended by R.1999 d.375, effective 11/1/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 2152(a), 31 New Jersey Register 3328(a).
In (b), substituted a reference to comparable benefits and services rules for a reference to similar benefits rules; in (c), changed N.J.A.C. reference in 1, and added the second and third sentences in 4; in (d), changed N.J.A.C. reference; and in (d), (e) and (g), substituted references to individualized plans for employment for references to individualized written rehabilitation programs.