Section 567.30  Exceptions to Comparable Benefits

Comparable benefits must be pursued for all services except:

a)         if a search for comparable benefits would delay the provision of VR services to a customer who is at extreme medical risk, based upon medical evidence provided by an appropriately licensed medical professional;

b)         for evaluation during the Determination of Eligibility and Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 553);

c)         for counseling and guidance and information and referral;

d)         for job-related services, including job search, placement and follow-up;

e)         for the provision of any service when the delay caused in identifying or making use of a comparable benefit would cause the customer to lose a job placement that is immediately available;

f)         for rehabilitation technology services;

g)         for post-employment services included in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f).

(Source:  Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 19025, effective November 22, 2010)