(a) Reader services are available only to consumers who are blind and who are receiving vocational or academic training.
(b) The consumer must use all other available reading sources to the greatest extent possible before seeking reimbursement from DBS for reader services.
(c) The maximum amount allowed per month for reader services is calculated according to the number of semester hours the consumer is taking, whether during a fall, spring, or summer semester, and whether the consumer is an undergraduate or graduate student. The rate of reimbursement is available from any DBS office during business hours.
(d) DBS does not pay for reader services rendered by a member of the consumer's family.
(e) To receive reimbursement for reader services, the consumer must submit the information required by DBS on a prescribed form.

Source Note: The provisions of this §106.423 adopted to be effective December 10, 2012, 37 TexReg 9644