1. (1) Determining when an order of selection is required. The department shall determine prior to the beginning of every federal fiscal year, if adequate resources are available to provide all needed vocational rehabilitation services to all eligible consumers. The department shall consult with the Wisconsin Rehabilitation Council to determine if fiscal and personnel resources are available to meet the needs of all consumers. If the department determines there are insufficient resources to serve all eligible consumers, an order of selection shall be imposed.
2. (2) Continuation or termination of an order of selection. If an order of selection is imposed under sub. (1), the department shall consult with the Wisconsin Rehabilitation Council to determine prior to the beginning of every federal fiscal year, if a continuation or termination of an order of selection is necessary.

3. (3) Providing services under an order of selection.

   1. (a) If an order of selection is imposed under sub. (1), the department shall provide services to consumers with the most significant disabilities and consumers at immediate risk of losing employment, notwithstanding significance of disability, who require specific services or equipment to maintain employment before serving consumers with less significant disabilities as prescribed under s. DWD 65.07.

   2. (b) The department may provide a consumer at immediate risk of losing employment with services or equipment to maintain employment under par. (a) if all of the following are satisfied:

      1. 1. The consumer notifies the department that the consumer is at immediate risk of losing employment.
      2. 2. The department determines that the consumer would almost certainly lose the consumer’s current job if specific services or equipment are not provided in the very near future that would enable the consumer to maintain employment.

History

History: Cr. Register, October, 1994, No. 466, 12-1-94; CR 18-013: r. and rec. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18; correction in (3) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2018 No. 751; CR 22-008: am. (3) Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22; CR 22-083: renum. (3) to (3) (a) and am., cr. (3) (b) Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23.