Texas Labor Code Title 4, Chapter 352 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 352.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Direct services" means services provided to a client by a commission employee, including counseling, facilitating the purchase of services from a...
- Texas Section 352.002 - Purpose
It is the policy of this state to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities so that those individuals may prepare for and...
- Texas Section 352.003 - Rehabilitation Council Of Texas
(a) The Rehabilitation Council of Texas operates in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-569, and the federal Rehabilitation...
- Texas Section 352.004 - Receipt And Disbursement Of State And Federal Funds
(a) The comptroller is custodian of federal funds received by the state to implement federal law relating to vocational rehabilitation. (b) The commission shall certify...
- Texas Section 352.005 - Gifts, Donations, And Other Money
(a) The commission shall deposit all money paid to the commission under this chapter in the state treasury. The money may be used only for...
- Texas Section 352.006 - Misuse Of Information
Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and according to commission rules, no person may solicit, disclose, receive, use,...
- Texas Section 352.007 - Criminal History Record Information
(a) The commission may obtain criminal history record information from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Public Safety if the...
SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 352.008 - Hearings
An applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services who is aggrieved by an action or inaction under this chapter is entitled to a hearing...
- Texas Section 352.051 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program For Individuals With Disabilities
(a) The commission shall conduct a program to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities. (b) To achieve the purposes of the program,...
- Texas Section 352.052 - Cooperation With Federal Government; Obtaining Federal Funds
(a) The commission shall cooperate with the federal government to accomplish the purposes of federal laws relating to vocational rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities and...
- Texas Section 352.053 - Contracts For Service
(a) The commission shall include in its contracts with service providers under this chapter provisions relating to: (1) clearly defined and measurable program performance standards...
- Texas Section 352.054 - Rates For Medical Services
(a) The commission by rule shall adopt standards governing the determination of rates paid for medical services provided under this chapter. The rules must provide...
- Texas Section 352.055 - Contract Payment
The commission shall base payment under a contract for vocational rehabilitation services on outcome-based performance standards defined in the contract. Added by Acts 2015, 84th...
- Texas Section 352.056 - Contracts For Adaptive Technology
The commission shall include in a contract under this chapter with a supplier of adaptive technology equipment provisions that require the supplier to provide training...
- Texas Section 352.057 - Loans For Visual Aids
(a) The commission may establish a program to make loans to finance the purchase of technological aids for individuals with visual impairments. Interest on the...
- Texas Section 352.058 - Subrogation
(a) By providing a person rehabilitation services, including medical care services, under this subchapter, the commission is subrogated to the person's right of recovery from:...
SUBCHAPTER C PROVISION OF AND ELIGIBILITY FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
- Texas Section 352.059 - Work Incentives And Supplemental Security Income (Ssi)
Sec. 352.059. WORK INCENTIVES AND SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI). The commission shall employ a person at the commission's central office to: (1) train counselors to...
- Texas Section 352.101 - Integration Of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
(a) Not later than October 1, 2017, and subject to federal approval, the commission shall integrate into a single vocational rehabilitation program the following programs...
- Texas Section 352.102 - Eligibility For Vocational Rehabilitation Services
The commission shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities eligible for those services under federal law. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 352.103 - Provision Of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(a) The commission by rule shall establish and maintain guidelines for providing vocational rehabilitation services that are consistent with state and federal laws and that...
- Texas Section 352.104 - Training And Supervision Of Counselors
(a) The commission shall provide specific guidance to vocational rehabilitation counselors in: (1) selecting vocational objectives according to a client's skills, experience, and knowledge; (2)...
- Texas Section 352.105 - Specialized Training For Certain Employees
(a) The commission shall establish and require employee participation in a specialized training program for certain employees, including vocational rehabilitation transition specialists and transition counselors,...
- Texas Section 352.106 - Payment Of Shift Differentials
The commission by rule may develop and implement policies allowing shift differentials to be paid to employees in the vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter....
- Texas Section 352.107 - Client Orientation Materials
The commission shall develop and distribute at intake client orientation materials for the vocational rehabilitation program that include information on the commission's decision-making criteria. Added...
- Texas Section 352.108 - Coordination With Texas Education Agency
(a) For purposes of this section, "transition services" means services provided to students with disabilities to assist the students in making the transition from secondary...
Last modified: September 28, 2016