§ 7130.5. Data for Preparing the Individualized Plan for Employment (Ipe).

(a) To the extent possible, the employment outcome and the nature and scope of rehabilitation services to be included in the individual's Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) must be determined based on the data used to assess eligibility and priority for services under Section 7062 of these regulations.

(b) If additional data are necessary to determine the employment outcome and the nature and scope of services to be included in the IPE of an eligible individual, the Department must conduct a comprehensive assessment, as defined in Section 7001.5(c) of these regulations, of the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, including the need for supported employment services, of the eligible individual, in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with the informed choice of the individual.

(c) In preparing the comprehensive assessment, the Department must use, to the maximum extent possible and appropriate and in accordance with confidentiality requirements, existing information that is current as of the date of the development of the IPE, including -

(1) Information available from other programs and providers, particularly information used by education officials and the Social Security Administration;

(2) Information provided by the individual and the individual's family; and

(3) Information obtained under the assessment for determining the individual's eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs.

HISTORY

1. New sectionfiled 3-4-2004; operative 4-3-2004 (Register 2004, No. 10).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 19006 and 19016, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: 29 USC Sections 705(2), 722(b) and 723(a)(1); 34 CFR Sections 361.5(b)(6), 361.42, 361.45 and 361.48(a) and (b); and Sections 19011 and 19150(a)(1), Welfare and Institutions Code.