781 KAR 1:070. Fees

for service.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS

151B.190

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

KRS 151B.185, 151B.195

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION,

AND CONFORMITY: KRS 151B.195(2) authorizes the Executive Director, Office of

Vocational Rehabilitation, to promulgate administrative regulations governing

fees for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals and entities other

than applicants or eligible individuals. This administrative regulation establishes

the fees for services.

 

      Section 1.

Definition. “Office” means the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and its

appropriate staff members who are authorized under state law to perform the

functions of the state regarding the state plan and its supplement.

 

      Section 2. Carl

D. Perkins Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center's Fees for Services. (1) Except

as provided in this section, rates shall be determined by center utilization,

budget expenditures and comparable fees charged by other vendors.

      (2) The Carl

D. Perkins Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center's fees for services shall be:

      (a) Vocational

evaluation - $132 per day.

      (b) Mobile

vocational evaluation - $100.

      (c) Work

hardening/conditioning fees based on prevailing market rates in the Kentucky,

West Virginia area.

      (d) Vocational

Adjustment Program - $48 per day.

      (e) Vocational

training tuition - $43 per day or $150 per month.

      (f) Psychological

services based on prevailing market rates in the Kentucky, West Virginia area.

      (g) Psychiatric

services - Medicare rate plus ten (10) percent.

      (h) Physical or

occupational therapy services - Medicare rate plus ten (10) percent.

      (i) Speech/language

services fees - prevailing market rates in the Kentucky, West Virginia area.

      (j) Audiological

services - Medicare rate plus ten (10) percent.

      (k) Other outpatient

therapy per session - $76.

      (l) Brain injury

program - $600 per day.

      (m) Physical

restoration - $190 per day.

      (n) Dormitory

housing - $31 per day.

      (o) Medical housing

- $200 per day.

      (p) Nonresidential

meals - state per diem rates.

      (q) Wellness

maintenance program to include aquatics, aerobics and strengthening;

      (r)1. Initial

assessment fee (one (1) time) - ten (10) dollars;

      2. Monthly wellness

maintenance fee - thirty (30) dollars.

      (3) Fees shall

include all administrative costs, reports and follow-ups.

 

      Section 3.

Rehabilitation Technology. (1) Fees for driver evaluation, driver education,

home modification or occupational therapy services shall be based on prevailing

market rates in the Kentucky, West Virginia area.

      (2) For an

individual who desires or needs driver evaluation, driver training,

occupational therapy services or vehicle modification studies by a office specialist,

the following fees shall apply:

      (a) Evaluation

automobile (five (5) hour minimum) - $50 per hour.

      (b) Evaluation van

(ten (10) hour minimum) - $50 per hour.

      (c) Driver training

(one (1) hour minimum) - $50 per hour.

      (d) Occupational

therapy services (one (1) hour minimum) - $50 per hour.

      (3) Fees shall

include all administrative costs, reports and follow-up.

 

      Section 4. Fee for

Staff Services. A fee of $100 per hour shall be charged for staff services.

 

      Section 5. The

office may negotiate a lesser fee with a state or federal program or a volume

discount for private providers. (17 Ky.R. 796; eff. 10-14-90; Am. 22 Ky.R.

2061; 23 Ky.R. 137; eff. 7-5-96; 25 Ky.R. 913; 1362; eff. 12-3-98.)