(a) VR services are provided to family members only if without the services the applicant or customer would be unable to begin or continue the rehabilitation program, and the customer's employment would be unnecessarily delayed or could not be achieved.
(b) Only family members whose receipt of services would further the applicant's or customer's vocational adjustment or rehabilitation may receive services.
(c) Family member, for purposes of receiving vocational rehabilitation services in accordance with this section, means an individual:
  (1) who either:
    (A) is a relative or guardian of the applicant or customer; or
    (B) lives in the same household as the applicant or customer;
  (2) who has a substantial interest in the well-being of the applicant or customer; and
  (3) whose receipt of services is necessary to enable the applicant or customer to achieve an employment outcome.

Source Note: The provisions of this §856.54 adopted to be effective November 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 6195