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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS -- DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Nardolillo, Barros, Bennett, and Ruggiero

     Date Introduced: March 30, 2017

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 40.1-21-4.3 of the General Laws in Chapter 40.1-21 entitled

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"Division of Developmental Disabilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     40.1-21-4.3. Definitions.

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     As used in this chapter and in chapter 22 of this title the words:

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     (1) "Ancillary services" means those services provided, and shall include, but not be

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limited to, transportation, housing, housing adaptation, personal attendant care, and homemaker

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services.

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     (2) "Case management" means the implementation of an individual's program by

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providing information, by referral to appropriate service providers, by procurement of services,

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and by the coordination of the necessary services.

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     (3) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of behavioral healthcare,

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developmental disabilities and hospitals.

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     (4) "Developmental services" means those services provided to developmentally disabled

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adults, and shall include, but not be limited to, habilitation and rehabilitation services, and day

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services.

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     (5) "Developmentally disabled adult" means a person, eighteen (18) years old or older

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and not under the jurisdiction of the department of children, youth and families who is either a

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mentally retarded developmentally disabled adult or is a person with a severe, chronic disability

 

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which:

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     (i) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and

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physical impairments;

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     (ii) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two (22);

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     (iii) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

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     (iv) Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following

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areas of major life activity:

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     (A) Self care,

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     (B) Receptive and expressive language,

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     (C) Learning,

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     (D) Mobility,

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     (E) Self-direction,

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     (F) Capacity for independent living,

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     (G) Economic self-sufficiency; and

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     (v) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special,

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interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services, which are of lifelong or extended

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duration and are individually planned and coordinated. For purposes of funding, it is understood

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that students enrolled in school will continue to receive education from their local education

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authority in accordance with § 16-24-1 et seq.

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     (6) "Diagnosis and evaluation" means a process to determine whether and to what extent

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an individual is developmentally disabled and a study of the individual's condition, situation, and

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needs which lead to a recommendation of what services, if any, would benefit the individual.

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     (7) "Individualized program plan" or "general service plan" means a plan, however

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named, which includes, but shall not be limited to, the following:

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     (i) An evaluation of the strengths, difficulties, needs, and goals of the individual

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accomplished via an independent third party at the sole expense of the division;

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     (ii) A description of those services found to be necessary or appropriate to assist the

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individual in realizing his or her potential for self-sufficiency in major life activities;

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     (iii) A description of the agencies and/or individuals, which are proposed to provide each

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of the recommended services;

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     (iv) The intermediate and long-range objectives for the individual's development and

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habilitation;

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     (v) The expected duration for the provision of the services;

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     (vi) A description of the tests and other evaluative devices used and their results;

 

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     (vii) Proposed criteria for monitoring and evaluating the success of the services in

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meeting the individual's needs; and

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     (viii) The signatures of the preparers of the plan and the date.

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     The individual program plan shall indicate developmental, supportive, or ancillary

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services by function and frequency, the manner of subsidy and delivery and the categories of need

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for services such as transportation, job training, or occupation, housing, housing adaptation,

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personal attendant care, homemaker, or other services. This plan shall be reviewed at least

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annually; provided, however, that authorizations for services and funding issued prior to July 1,

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2011 are null and void. Authorizations will be paid at the rate effective in the quarter the service

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was provided.

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     (8) "Mentally retarded developmentally disabled adult" means a person eighteen (18)

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years old or older and not under the jurisdiction of the department of children, youth and

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families, with significant sub-average, general intellectual functioning two (2) standard deviations

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below the norm, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during

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the developmental period. For purposes of funding, it is understood that students enrolled in

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school will continue to receive education from their local education authority in accordance with

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§ 16-24-1 et seq.

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     (9) "Service broker" means that individual who assists in facilitating the connection

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between the developmentally disabled person and the services required by the individual program

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plan.

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     (10) "Subsidized access to service" means the provisions of financial resources through

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vouchers to a developmentally disabled person to enable the person to gain access to appropriate

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generic and/or special services as required by the individual program plan.

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     (11) "Supportive services" means those services provided to developmentally disabled

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adults, and shall include, but not be limited to, occupational therapy, physical therapy,

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psychological services, counseling, nursing services, and medical services.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS -- DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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     This act would require that an "individualized program plan" (IPP) include the evaluation

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of the strengths, difficulties, needs and goals of the individual performed by an independent third

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party at the sole expense of the division of developmental disabilities.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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