Each regional office has authority to approve equipment purchases contingent on whether
the requests meet the criteria for a critical or emergency need and must be within
existing DDS operational funds.
DDS authority
Each DDS has authority to purchase equipment. The criteria for this DDS authority
follows:
The purchase must be within existing operating funds and cannot have any fiscal impact
on the state's ability to process their budgeted workload.
The DDS must inform SSA regional office with a description and cost of purchase to
obtain a line item.