Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a)
Support consultation, if available through the individual's program, is an
optional service available to an individual participating in the CDS option.
Support consultation is delivered to:
(3) an individual receiving
services through the CDS option if that individual will be the employer within
six months of the initiation of support consultation services to the
individual.
(b) Support
consultation is provided by a person who meets the qualifications of a support
advisor. A support advisor may be:
(1) a
contractor of the employer; or
(2)
an employee or contractor of:
(c) Support consultation
must provide:
(1) a level of training,
assistance, and support that does not duplicate or replace the services
delivered through FMS, case management services, or other available program or
non-program service or resource;
(2) practical skills training and assistance
to successfully manage service providers for authorized program services
delivered through the CDS option; and
(3) skills training and assistance for:
(A) recruiting, screening, and hiring
workers;
(B) developing and
documenting job descriptions;
(C)
verifying employment eligibility and qualifications;
(D) completing documents required to:
(i) employ an individual;
(ii) retain a contractor or vendor;
and
(iii) manage service
providers;
(E)
communicating effectively, solving problems, and documenting employer
responsibilities in the CDS option;
(F) developing, revising, and implementing
service back-up plans;
(G)
performing employer responsibilities;
(H) complying with the individual's program
and this chapter; and
(I)
developing ongoing decision making skills for employer-related and
employment-related situations.
(d) An employer or DR may budget and initiate
support consultation services while the individual is participating in the CDS
option. Before initiation of the service, the employer or DR must:
(1) identify the person or persons (the
employer, the DR, or the individual within six months after becoming the
employer) to receive the service and establish goals specific to the
service;
(2) obtain approval of the
goals established for the service from the individual's service planning
team;
(3) develop a budget for
support consultation; and
(4)
obtain approval of the budget from the CDSA.
(e) An employer or DR, a case manager or
service coordinator, a CDSA, or a DADS representative may recommend that the
individual's service planning team approve support consultation services for an
individual if:
(1) the individual receiving
services through the CDS option will become the employer within six months
after the service is initiated;
(2)
the employer or DR demonstrate a need for the service;
(3) the individual's health and welfare may
regress without additional support for managing and directing service
providers; or
(4) other reasons
that the service planning team has determined justify the need for the
service.
(f) If the
individual's service planning team authorizes support consultation, the team
must:
(1) approve the funds, the duration,
and the frequency of the service;
(2) assist with development of goals and
ensure that the activities required to meet the goals through support
consultation comply with this chapter;
(3) approve the goals for support
consultation and the person or persons who will receive the service (the
individual, employer, or DR); and
(4) terminate the service when goals are
met.
