DARS determines whether comparable services or benefits are available to the consumer under any other program or law to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of any VR services. DARS does not make this determination in cases where:

1. (1) determining the availability of comparable services and benefits under any other program would delay the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to any consumer whom DRS has determined to be at extreme medical risk, based on medical evidence provided by an appropriate qualified medical professional;
2. (2) an immediate job placement would be lost because of a delay in the provision of comparable services and benefits; or
3. (3) the determination would interrupt or delay progress toward achieving the employment outcome on the IPE.

Source Note:The provisions of this §856.71 adopted to be effective December 10, 2012, 37 TexReg 9651; duplicated effective September 1, 2016, as published in the Texas Register September 2, 2016, 41 TexReg 6773.