# 40 Tex. Admin. Code § 856.22: 40 TAC § 856.22. Trial Work

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## Section

- **Citation:** 40 Tex. Admin. Code § 856.22
- **Heading:** 40 TAC § 856.22. Trial Work
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 40 SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE / Part 20 TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION / Chapter 856 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES / 40 TAC § 856.22

## Text

(a) Trial work is used only to determine whether an
 applicant with a significant disability is capable of achieving an
 employment outcome.
(b) VRD provides only the vocational rehabilitation
 services necessary to determine if the applicant is capable of achieving
 an employment outcome. Services are provided in the most integrated
 setting possible, consistent with the informed choice of the applicant.
(c) VRD may terminate trial work services when:
(1) there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the
 applicant can achieve an employment outcome;
(2) the applicant is found ineligible for any additional
 vocational rehabilitation services on the basis of clear and convincing
 evidence that the applicant cannot be expected to benefit in terms
 of an employment outcome from vocational rehabilitation services;
 or
(3) the applicant is unavailable for services.
(d) When an applicant is determined ineligible for
 vocational rehabilitation services after trial work, VRD conducts
 a periodic review at least annually of the ineligibility decision
 in which the applicant is afforded a clear opportunity for full consultation
 in the reconsideration of the decision. A periodic review is not required
 when the applicant has refused services, the applicant has refused
 a periodic review, the applicant is no longer present in the state,
 the applicant's whereabouts are unknown, or the applicant's medical
 condition is rapidly progressive or terminal.

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