Minnesota Administrative Rules

9520.0904 OUTCOMES OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE.

The case manager assigned by the local agency to provide case management services to children with severe emotional disturbance shall work with the case management team using a process that is designed to assist the child with severe emotional disturbance in pursuing the outcome of improved or maintained mental health and functioning and to achieve the outcomes in items A to G:

A.

child-centered, family-focused, community-based services. For purposes of this item:

(1)

"child centered" means the child's services are based on and adapted to the individual strengths and needs of the child and the child's family;

(2)

"family-focused" means the services are provided in a manner that maximizes the opportunity for the involvement of the child and the child's family in the planning and delivery of the child's case management and family community support services; and

(3)

"community-based" means that, except in circumstances that require case management services in an institutional setting in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 245.4882, subdivision 3, and 245.4883, subdivision 1, the case management services are to be provided in the least restrictive setting available or provided in the client's residence or school or educational program operated by a local education agency, a relative's home, a recreational or leisure setting, or other community setting appropriate to the child;

B.

appropriate services that are culturally sensitive;

C.

information provided to the child's parent or legal representative and the child as described in part 9520.0907 about eligibility for and frequency of case management services, the benefits of case management services and family community support services, potential cost of the services to the child and the child's parent, and the services available to achieve the overall outcome of case management and the other outcomes specified in the child's individual family community support plan;

D.

assistance to the child and the child's family in obtaining the mental health and other services that are needed to achieve the outcomes specified in the child's individual family community support plan;

E.

coordinated services to the child in a manner that simplifies access to the services, brings together similar services in a manner that eliminates duplicate services, and assures continuity of needed services;

F.

compliance with and, as described in part 9520.0907, information to the child and the child's parent or legal representative about the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, and information about the Patients and Residents of Health Care Facilities Bill of Rights, Minnesota Statutes, section 144.651, subdivisions 1, 3 to 16, 18, 20, and 30, and the fair hearing procedure under Minnesota Statutes, section 256.045; and

G.

an individual family community support plan for the child according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 245.4871, subdivision 19, and 245.4881, subdivision 4, that specifies outcomes to be achieved based on the child's diagnostic and functional assessments and how progress toward achieving the outcomes will be monitored.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245.484; 256B.04; 256B.0625

History:

17 SR 1448

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2013