Sec.17b-653-16. Maintenance services

(a) Maintenance may be provided under the following conditions:

(1) Maintenance payments shall be limited to the increased cost directly attributable to the applicant's or client's participation in the vocational rehabilitation program.

(2) Maintenance after employment has started may be continued or paid to an eligible client up to the date of receipt of his or her first pay or, in the case of self-employment, up to thirty (30) days.

(b) Payments for maintenance services are limited to expenses that are needed in order to participate in other vocational rehabilitation services to the applicant or client and shall not be made if said other rehabilitation services have been discontinued or never started.

(c) Amount of maintenance required by the applicant or client shall be determined by the bureau in consultation with the client and shall be based on:

(1) the published rates for room and board for applicants or clients living away from home when such service is made available by the provider;

(2) the average cost to the applicant or client to be calculated on the experience of actual cost gathered over a two-week base period by the client and the bureau; or

(3) the individual circumstances of the applicant or client to meet his/her unique needs.

(Adopted effective June 6, 2000)