PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 106 STAT. 4351

"(ii) to the extent additional data is necessary to make
such determination and assignment, a preliminary assessment
of such data (including the provision of goods and services
during such assessment);

"(B) to the extent additional data is necessary, a com-
prehensive assessment (including the administration of the
assessment) of the unique strengths, resources, priorities,
interests, and needs, including the need for supported employ-
ment, of an eligible individual to make a determination of
the goals, objectives, nature, and scope of vocational rehabilita-
tion services to be included in the individualized written
rehabilitation program of the individual, which comprehensive
assessment—

"(i) is limited to information that is necessary to iden-
tify the rehabilitation needs of the individual and to develop
the rehabilitation program of the individual;

"(ii) uses, as a primary source of such information,
to the maximum extent possible and appropriate and in
accordance with confidentiality requirements—
"(I) existing information; and

"(II) such information as can be provided by the
individual and, where appropriate, by the family of
the individual;

"(iii) may include, to the degree needed to make such
a determination, an assessment of the personality,
interests, interpersonal skills, intelligence and related func-
tional capacities, educational achievements, work experi-
ence, vocational aptitudes, personal and social adjustments,
and employment opportunities of the individual, and the
medical, psychiatric, psychological, and other pertinent
vocational, educational, cultural, social, recreational, and
environmental factors, that affect the employment and
rehabilitation needs of the individual; and

"(iv) may include an appraisal of the patterns of work
behavior of the individual and services needed for the
individual to acquire occupational skills, and to develop
work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social
and behavior patterns necessary for successful job perform-
ance, including the utilization of work in real job situations
to assess and develop the capacities of the individual to
perform adequately in a work environment; and
"(C)(i) referral;

"(ii) where appropriate, the provision of rehabilitation tech-
nology services to an individual with a disability to assess
and develop the capacities of the individual to perform in a
work environment; and

"(iii)(I) the provision of vocational rehabilitation services
to an individual for a total period not in excess of 18 months
for the limited purpose of making determinations regarding
whether an individual is eligible lor vocational rehabilitation
services and regarding the nature and scope of vocational
rehabilitation services needed for such individual; and

"(II) an assessment at least once in every 90-day period
during which such services are provided, of the results of the
provision of such services to an individual to ascertain whether
any of the determinations described in subclause (I) may be
made.