Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 9535 - PROGRAM GRANTS; PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL
FAMILY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE
Part 9535.4025 - DETERMINATION OF CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES

Subpart 1. Determining eligibility.

To be eligible for family community support services, a child must have the characteristics defined and described in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivisions 6 and 15.

Subp. 2. Request or referral for family community support services.

When a child or the parent or legal representative of a child requests an assessment or consents, as described in part 9535.4023, to the child's being assessed to determine eligibility for family community support services, the family community support service provider must obtain an authorization to release information as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4876, subdivision 5. Consent or authorization must be obtained from the child's parent, except when a condition in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4876, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), applies. The family community support service provider must determine whether the child meets a criterion of eligibility for the family community support services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivision 6. If the child has had a diagnostic assessment or an updated diagnostic assessment as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4876, subdivision 2, the family community support provider must, upon obtaining the authorization required in this subpart, obtain a copy or, at least, confirm by telephone or letter the date of the assessment, and the findings and recommendations made in the diagnostic assessment about the family community support services needed by the child. If a child has not had a diagnostic assessment within 180 days before a request for family community support services for the child, the local agency must offer to assist the child and the child's family in obtaining one.