SECTION 340:100-5-2. Service safeguards

(a)   Client transition. Consumers are assured the delivery of services compatible with need during movements from one service environment to another.

(1)   DDSD staff and contract providers are responsible for assuring that client needs are met in the least restrictive and most normalized setting possible, and evaluate residential status at least annually as part of the Individual Habilitation Plan.

(2)   Client movement to another setting requires the informed consent of the client and/or his/her legal representative. Consumers are advised of the advantages and disadvantages associated with residence in their current and prospective environment(s).

(3)   Staff/providers of the sending and receiving programs, as well as the client/family/guardian, meet as an interdisciplinary team to identify client needs and develop specific action strategies for meeting needs prior to a client's movement.

(4)   Local administrators develop procedures which assure client/family/guardian familiarity with proposed service environments prior to movement.

(5)   Clients are not moved from one service setting to another until the interdisciplinary team confirms that all essential needs will be met in the new service environment.

(6)   The client's Individual Habilitation Plan is reviewed within 30 days of admission/transition to a new service environment.

(b)   Client discharge. The Department recognizes that most clients will require services for life, however, DDSD shall plan for each client's discharge from the time of eligibility determination and arrange for discharge when it is determined that the individual no longer requires or desires specialized services.

(1)   Each client's interdisciplinary team considers circumstances resulting in the need for specialized services and incorporates strategies within the IHP aimed at facilitating the eventual discontinuation of services through skill achievement and/or integration into non-specialized services.

(2)   Supervisory staff conduct a review annually to assess client progress toward meeting conditions facilitating discharge.

(3)   Discharge planning is authorized with the informed consent of the consumer and/or legal representative.

(4)   A discharge Individual Habilitation Plan is developed within 30 days of the discharge date which identifies the conditions for discharge, individuals responsible for the delivery of on - going, non-specialized services to the individuals and mechanisms which will allow the client to re-access services in the event of need.

(5)   A signed statement confirming agreement with discharge provisions is secured from the consumer and/or legal representative prior to discharge.

[Source: Amended at 8 Ok Reg 2163, eff 5-13-91 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1549, eff 4-27-92]