La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § IX-1115

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section IX-1115 - Individual and Family Support Committee

A. Each LGE will maintain an individual and family support committee to be convened on a regular basis, but no less than quarterly, and on an as-needed basis, to serve as an advisory function to the LGE about allocation of funding.

B. The individual and family support committee shall be composed of the developmental disabilities director, or designee; the supervisor of the individual and family support program; the support coordinator/community support professional working with the applicant; at least one representative from an advocacy organization; at least one representative from the regional advisory committee; and at least one adult participant or a parent of a participant who has received supports through the individual and family support program. An adult participant or a parent may serve in a dual role on the committee.

C. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, shall report the activities of the individual and family support committee to the regional advisory committee at least quarterly. The report shall include:

1. number of persons receiving individual and family support funding;

2. types of supports provided;

3. total amount of funds budgeted and expended;

4. resolution of emergency funding requests and expenditures;

5. circumstances of imposition of fiscal controls imposed on participants in individual and family support funds, if any;

6. results of the quarterly supervisory review of at least 10 percent of active individual and family support cases completed;

7. composition of the IFS Committee and the number of times the committee met in the past quarter; and

8. number of IFS requests received by priority level and the disposition of each request.

D. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, shall maintain a record of the meetings of the individual and family support committee which shall include, minimally, those in attendance, requests discussed, and resolution of all applications. This record will be made available for review for monitoring or auditing purposes as requested by the OCDD.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § IX-1115

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 43667 (4/1/2017), Amended by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 46352 (3/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 28:824.