Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Intake
into the county program shall be through the base service unit.
(b) The condition and circumstances of each
individual presumed to require service shall be thoroughly assessed before a
disposition is made of his referral.
(1) If
it is determined after the assessment that the individual does not currently
require further service from the base service unit, the presenting problem, the
results of the assessment and the disposition of the case-alternative referral
or recommendation-shall be recorded on Form MH/ID 10, Intake and Proposed
Service Plan.
(2) If it is
determined after assessment that the person requires service, he shall be
provided with coordinated services necessary to identify the presence of an
intellectual disability, its cause and complications, and the extent to which
the intellectual disability limits or is likely limit the individual's daily
living and work activities.
(c) Assessment services shall include a
systematic appraisal of the findings in terms of pertinent physical,
psychological, vocational, educational, cultural, social, economic, legal,
environmental and other factors of the person with an intellectual disability
and his family for all of the following:
(1)
To determine how and to what extent the disabling condition may be expected to
be removed, corrected or minimized by services.
(2) To determine the nature and scope of
services to be provided.
(3) To
select the service objectives which are commensurate to the individual's
interests, capacities and limitations.
(4) To devise an individualized program of
action to be followed, at the intervals needed, by periodic
reappraisals.
(5) To reevaluate
progress of the person at intervals as necessary for the periodic
appraisal.
(d) Each
program service authorized shall have a service objective in keeping with the
personal development goal of the person with an intellectual disability; this
goal shall be the basis for individualized life management planning.
(1) This information shall be recorded on the
Intake and Proposed Service Plan, Form MH/ID 10, along with a listing of the
counseling, follow-along, and other services to be provided within a specified
period of time in coordinated association with the program service immediately
authorized.
(2) A specific date for
evaluation of the person's progress and reevaluation of his life-management
plan shall also be part of the Intake and Proposed Service Plan.
(3) In all cases, the family of the person
with an intellectual disability; the social, economic, cultural, educational,
vocational, legal and environmental circumstances affecting him; and his
physical and psychological condition shall be considered essential aspects of
the life management plan.
The provisions of this §6201.13 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).
