(a) To be eligible for assistance from this program,
a person must:
  (1) be a resident of Texas;
  (2) be a person with a disability that impairs his
or her ability to effectively access the telephone network;
  (3) be in a situation where no other person in the
household with the same type of disability needing the same type of
equipment has received a voucher for equipment unless persons in the
household are financially independent of each other;
  (4) not have received a voucher from DARS DHHS for
any specialized telecommunications equipment or services before the
fifth anniversary of the date the person exchanged the previously
issued voucher under this program, unless before that anniversary,
the person demonstrates that he or she has developed a need for a
different type of specialized telecommunications equipment or service
under this program because of a change in the person's disability
status;
  (5) be able to benefit from the specialized telecommunications
equipment or service provided by the voucher in accessing the telephone
network; and
  (6) be certified as a person with a disability that
impairs the person's ability to effectively access the telephone network,
by a person authorized in this subchapter to issue such certifications.
(b) A voucher recipient who has not exchanged an issued
voucher or has returned an issued voucher, in compliance with program
rules, within the last five years, may be eligible for another voucher,
as long as all other eligibility requirements are met.
(c) A voucher recipient who has returned the equipment
or has stopped a service received through the exchange of a voucher,
in compliance with program rules, may be eligible for another voucher
if the equipment is returned or the service is stopped in compliance
with §109.527 of this subchapter (relating to STAP Vendor Duties
and Responsibilities).


Source Note: The provisions of this §109.511 adopted to be effective April 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 2513; amended to be effective May 18, 2015, 40 TexReg 2679