1. (a) The regional center shall maintain communication with the Department of Rehabilitation to monitor the progress of any consumer referred by the regional center to the Department of Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 58840.

2. (b) When a consumer receiving supported employment services from the Department of Rehabilitation achieves stabilization, the regional center shall assure that consumer's timely transition from vocational rehabilitation intensive services to regional center-funded extended services, in accordance with the following requirements:

   1. (1) Upon receiving notification from the Department of Rehabilitation that the consumer receiving supported employment intensive services has reached stabilization, the regional center shall implement the consumer's IPP determinations for Habilitation Service. Based upon the notification received from the Department of Rehabilitation, the planning team shall verify that:

      1. (A) The consumer has performed the job satisfactorily for a minimum of sixty (60) days or longer;
      2. (B) The consumer's job is expected to be stable and to continue; and
      3. (C) The percentage of job coaching intervention for individual services meets the following criteria: no more than 20 percent for at least sixty (60) days; no more than 25 percent for at least ninety (90) days; no more than 30 percent for at least 120 days;
   2. (2) Regional center funding for the consumer's extended services shall begin on the first billing day of the month following the regional center's approval of services, or according to a start time agreed upon by the IPP team in coordination with the Department of Rehabilitation.

Note: Authority cited: Section 11152, Government Code; and Section 4866, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 4854.1 and 4857, Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New section filed 7-22-2004 as an emergency; operative 7-22-2004 (Register 2004, No. 30). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-19-2004 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2004, No. 49).

3. New section refiled 11-29-2004 as an emergency; operative 11-29-2004 (Register 2004, No. 49). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-29-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. New section refiled 3-30-2005 as an emergency; operative 3-30-2005 (Register 2005, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-28-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-30-2005 order transmitted to OAL 6-21-2005 and filed 8-1-2005 (Register 2005, No. 31).