(a)

1. (1) The hourly rate for supported employment services shall be set by the department and posted to its internet website.
2. (2) Job coach hours spent in travel to consumer worksites may be reimbursable for individualized services only when the job coach travels from the vendor’s headquarters to the consumer’s worksite or from one consumer’s worksite to another, and only when the travel is one way.

(c) When Section 4855 applies, fees shall be authorized for the following:

1. (1) A three-hundred-sixty-dollar ($360) fee shall be paid to the program provider upon intake of a consumer into a supported employment program. No fee shall be paid if that consumer completed a supported employment intake process with that same supported employment program within the previous 12 months.
2. (2) A seven-hundred-twenty-dollar ($720) fee shall be paid upon placement of a consumer in an integrated job, except that no fee shall be paid if that consumer is placed with another consumer or consumers assigned to the same job coach during the same hours of employment.
3. (3) A seven-hundred-twenty-dollar ($720) fee shall be paid after a 90-day retention of a consumer in a job, except that no fee shall be paid if that consumer has been placed with another consumer or consumers, assigned to the same job coach during the same hours of employment.

(e) The department, with regional center participation, shall conduct an annual survey of providers, in a format determined by the department, to collect the following information:

1. (1) The number of employment placements in the previous 12 months.
2. (2) Types of employment in which consumers are placed.
3. (3) The cost components of the rates in subdivisions (a) and (b), including, but not limited to, the amount used for hourly wages of job coaches, administration, and placement search costs.
4. (4) The number of hours each consumer works and the consumer’s hourly wage.
5. (5) Any other information determined by the department.