Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Person-centered
planning is a process that empowers an applicant or individual to plan the
applicant's or individual's services and supports to achieve desired
outcomes.
(b) The service
coordinator and program provider must ensure the person-centered planning
process is led by the individual to the maximum extent possible. The
individual's LAR has a participatory role, as needed and as defined by the
individual, unless State law confers decision-making authority to the
LAR.
(c) The person-centered
planning process must be used to develop a PDP, implementation plan, initial
IPC, renewal IPC, revised IPC, service backup plan, and transportation
plan.
(d) The person-centered
planning process must:
(1) include people
chosen by the applicant, individual, or LAR;
(2) provide the information and support the
applicant or individual needs to lead the planning process and make informed
choices and decisions;
(3) occur at
a time and location convenient to the applicant or individual and
LAR;
(4) consider the applicant's
or individual's cultural preferences;
(5) provide information in plain language to
the applicant or individual in a manner that is accessible to:
(A) the applicant or individual through the
provision of an auxiliary aid at no cost to the applicant or individual in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act; and
(B) the
applicant or individual with limited English proficiency through the provision
of language services at no cost to the applicant or individual, including oral
interpretation and written translations;
(6) use strategies for solving conflict or
disagreement within the person-centered planning process;
(7) provide information to the individual or
LAR to allow the individual or LAR to make informed decisions including:
(A) a written and oral description of the
services available in the TxHmL Program; and
(B) the name and qualifications of the
individual's service providers in writing; and
(8) inform the individual or LAR that the
individual or LAR may request revisions to the PDP, implementation plan,
initial IPC, renewal IPC, revised IPC, service backup plan, and transportation
plan at any time by communicating the request to the service coordinator or the
program provider.
(e) A
program provider must participate in a service planning team meeting if
requested by the individual or LAR.
