OAR 582-060-0020
Termination of Services After Eligibility
(1)
Termination of Services — ’Other Than Rehabilitated’.(a)
The office may close an individual’s file when the individual fails to achieve an employment outcome for the following reasons:(A)
Death;(B)
Ineligibility;(C)
Extended services for Supported Employment not available despite exploration of all types of extended supports;(D)
Individual fails to cooperate with or fails to make suitable progress toward developing or completing necessary steps in the IPE within the agreed-upon timeframes;(E)
Individual is institutionalized or otherwise unavailable for services;(F)
Individual received VR services and was placed in non-integrated, non-competitive work setting;(G)
The office is unable to locate or contact the individual;(H)
Individual has refused necessary services or chooses not to participate in necessary OVRS programs;(I)
Individual is receiving services from another agency and no longer requires the office’s services; or(J)
Other reason as documented by the office.(b)
The office may close the file of a presumed-eligible individual if:(A)
The file documents clear and convincing evidence that the individual is incapable of benefiting from services; or(B)
The individual meets the criteria for termination of services under 582-060-0020 (Termination of Services After Eligibility)(1)(a).(c)
The office shall make a closure determination only after providing an opportunity for full consultation with the individual or, as appropriate, with the individual’s representative. The individual’s involvement is not required when:(A)
The individual refuses to participate;(B)
The individual is no longer present in the state;(C)
The individual’s whereabouts are unknown; or(D)
The individual’s medical condition is rapidly progressive or terminal.(d)
All notifications of closure shall include:(A)
Notice that the office is closing the case;(B)
The rationale for the closure; and(C)
Dispute resolution information regarding the mediation and impartial fair hearing appeal process, as well as referral to information about the Client Assistance Program (CAP).(2)
Termination of Services — Rehabilitated:(a)
Closure of an individual’s file as ’Rehabilitated’ requires documentation that:(A)
The individual has achieved the employment outcome identified in by the IPE, consistent with the individual’s strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests and informed choice;(B)
The individual has maintained the employment outcome for an appropriate period of time, not less than 90 days, sufficient to ensure stability in the position without further vocational rehabilitation services;(C)
The individual and counselor consider the employment outcome to be satisfactory and agree the that individual is performing consistent with goal identified in the IPE; and(D)
The office informs the individual in writing, supplemented through other appropriate modes of communication as necessary, of the availability of post-employment services.(b)
The office shall provide notice to an individual that OVRS is closing the file ‘Rehabilitated’. The notification shall:(A)
Be in writing supplemented, as necessary, through appropriate modes of communication;(B)
Inform the individual that OVRS is closing the case as ‘Rehabilitated’;(C)
Provide the rationale for the decision; and(D)
Include dispute resolution information regarding the mediation and impartial fair hearing appeal process and the Client Assistance Program (CAP)
Source:
Rule 582-060-0020 — Termination of Services After Eligibility, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=582-060-0020.