Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The county
administrator is responsible for establishing an organizational unit consisting
of multidisciplinary professional and nonprofessional staff capable of
planning, directing and coordinating appropriate services for individuals with
an intellectual disability and in need of service from the county program. This
unit shall be called the base service unit, and the county administrator shall
have the authority to direct, control and monitor the activities of the base
service unit.
(b) The base service
unit is responsible for performing the following functions in such a way as to
carry out the following objectives of the county program:
(1) Establish or develop a system utilizing
preventive services in the community for persons with an intellectual
disability.
(2) Establish and
operate a system for earliest possible casefinding.
(3) Maintain a continuing relationship with
the person with an intellectual disability and with a facility or provider of
service responsible for service to the person with an intellectual disability
during any stage of his life-management process.
(4) Constitute a fixed point of referral and
information for persons with an intellectual disability and their
families.
(5) Initiate, develop and
maintain a pattern of interaction between the diagnostic and evaluation team
and others concerned with services to any person with an intellectual
disability and his family. This pattern shall emphasize participation in the
life-management planning process of persons such as the family, physician,
local public health nurse, teacher, representative of human service resources,
vocational rehabilitation counselor, other providers of service, advocates and
the person with an intellectual disability, whenever possible.
(6) Provide opportunities for advancing the
knowledge and understanding of persons inside and outside its immediate
setting, particularly those who have a responsibility in carrying out the
life-management process.
(7) Foster
cooperation through the use of multidisciplinary approach.
(8) Ensure that if service to the person with
an intellectual disability is provided by other than the base service unit and
the person with an intellectual disability is referred for intake into the
county program, the referring agency or the provider of service are invited to
cooperate with the base service unit in diagnosis, evaluation and planning for
the person.
(9) Ensure that
services will not be authorized for funding by the county program unless they
are consistent with the life-management plan as developed by the base service
unit and approved by the county administrator.
(10) Provide for comprehensive diagnosis and
evaluation services to do all of the following:
(i) Diagnose, appraise and evaluate
intellectual disability and associated disabilities; define the strengths,
skills, abilities and potentials for improvement of the individual.
(ii) Assess the needs of the individual and
his family.
(iii) Develop a
practical life-management plan for individuals and their families and provide
the necessary counseling and follow-along services.
(iv) Reassess the progress of the individual
at regular intervals to determine continuing needs for service and for changes
in his management plan.
The provisions of this §6201.12 amended under sections
201(2) and (8) and 202 of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of
1966 (50 P.S. §§
4201(2) and
(8) and
4202).
