New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37B - COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES
Subchapter 2 - ACCESSING COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES
Section 10:37B-2.4 - Individualized rehabilitation plan

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:37B-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Each eligible consumer shall be admitted with a preliminary individualized rehabilitation plan, to be developed with the consumer by the referring agency, health care provider, or Division in consultation with the PA, based on the medical necessity identified by the referring agency or the Division during the eligibility determination process. The preliminary individualized rehabilitation plan shall be followed in providing medically necessary services for up to 60 calendar days after admission.

(b) No later than 60 days after the consumer has been admitted, PA staff shall partner with the consumer to develop and implement an individualized rehabilitation plan.

1. Within the parameters established by State and Federal confidentiality laws, rules, and regulations, the PA shall consult with identified providers and the consumer's significant others in developing the individualized rehabilitation plan.

(c) At a minimum, each individualized rehabilitation plan shall be based upon the preliminary and comprehensive rehabilitation needs assessment and any other existing assessment, WRAP(R) and advance directive for mental health care.

(d) All individualized rehabilitation plans shall include the following information:

1. The valued life role the consumer wants to achieve, the consumer's rehabilitation and recovery goals, and time-framed, measurable objectives;

2. The strategies and interventions to be employed, as well as anticipated outcomes, and the following information:
i. The expected frequency and duration of any community support services to be implemented;

ii. The location where the community support service is to be delivered; and

iii. The type of practitioner to provide each intervention, including the names and titles of staff;

3. Specific measurable criteria for measuring change.
i. For the criteria to be measurable, they shall include a desired behavioral change or skill attainment; and

4. If psychotropic medication or controlled substances are included in the individualized rehabilitation plan, any arrangements appropriate to that consumer's ability to self-administer such medications, assistance to be provided or arranged by the community support service provider, and the procedure and location for storage and retrieval of the medications.

(e) Each individualized rehabilitation plan and subsequent revisions shall be signed and dated by:

1. A physician or licensed practitioner authorized by State law to recommend a course of treatment;

2. Other appropriate team members, including those assigned to interventions, the primary service coordinator, and the staff supervisor; and

3. The consumer.
i. If the consumer declines to sign the individualized rehabilitation plan, the PA shall document this fact.

(f) Review of the individualized rehabilitation plan shall occur as follows:

1. A consumer may request a review and/or revision of the individualized rehabilitation plan at any time.

2. In addition to any request by the consumer, the PA shall review and, as necessary, revise the individualized rehabilitation plan within three months of its development and every three months thereafter.

3. The provider agency shall partner with the consumer during any requested or scheduled review of the individualized rehabilitation plan.

4. In addition to the requirements of (e) above, documentation confirming reviews shall include the date of the review and signature of the consumer, the PA staff member who conducted the review and is assigned to coordinate services for the consumer, and that staff member's supervisor.

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