Subject to availability of funds, a participant-directed PCA subsidy will be provided to an individual who:

1. (1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
2. (2) Has a significant disability;
3. (3) Is receiving or has received vocational rehabilitation services;
4. (4) Is employed or ready for employment;
5. (5) Has a need documented by PCA evaluation for not less than fourteen (14) hours a week of Personal Care Assistance, provided by one other than a family member, to enable the individual to be employed or to maintain employment;
6. (6) Has insufficient personal income or other support from public sources or family members, as determined under 1240-08-10-.07 and is not eligible for Personal Care Assistance under other state/federal programs;
7. (7) Agrees to establish an employer-employee relationship by recruiting, hiring, firing (if necessary), and supervising the person who provides PCA services;
8. (8) Agrees to disclose financial records pertaining to PCA program expenditures upon request by authorized Department of Human Services staff; and
9. (9) Is able to demonstrate or establish a means to responsibly manage personal funds.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 71-1-105(12), and 71-4-1203. Administrative History: Original rule filed December 9, 1986; effective March 31, 1987. Amendment filed April 22, 1997; effective July 6, 1997. Amendment filed December 5, 2003; effective April 29, 2004. Repeal and new rule filed June 30, 2009; effective September 13, 2009.