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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.09.40.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="40" heading="Covered Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Program shall reimburse for the services in §§B, C, and D of this regulation, when they have been documented as necessary.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Initial Service Coordination.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A unit of service is defined as a completed initial Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and at least one contact with the participant or the participant’s family, on the participant’s behalf.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The covered services include convening and conducting a multidisciplinary team to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Perform a multidisciplinary assessment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Develop an initial IFSP for a participant that identifies the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Participant’s needs for early intervention, medical, mental and behavioral health, social, educational, financial assistance, counseling, and other support services;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Responsibilities and rights of the participant and the family,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Provider's responsibilities, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Resources available to provide the needed services.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Administrative, supervisory, and monitoring services associated with the initial service coordination are included as a part of the service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Ongoing Service Coordination.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ongoing service coordination is provided following the initial service coordination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A unit of service includes all necessary covered services and at least one monthly contact with the participant’s family on the participant’s behalf via:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Telephone call;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Telehealth or in-person visit; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Written communication.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>These services include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintaining contact with a participant and the family through home visits, office visits, telephone calls, and follow-up services as necessary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Referring the participant to direct service providers, assisting the participant in gaining access to services specified in the IFSP, and providing linkage to agreed-upon direct service providers of early intervention services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Discussing with direct service providers of early intervention services the services needed and available for the participant, determining the quality and quantity of service being provided, following up to identify any obstacles to a participant's utilization of services, coordinating the service delivery, and performing ongoing monitoring to determine whether the recommended services are being delivered and meet the participant's current needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Providing a participant's family with information and direction that will assist the participant in successfully accessing and using the services recommended in the IFSP;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Informing a participant's family of the participant's and the family's rights and responsibilities in regard to specific programs and resources;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Conducting, with a participant's family, a periodic review of the participant's IFSP every 6 months, or more frequently if conditions warrant or the family requests a review;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>A periodic review accomplished at a meeting or by other means acceptable to the family and others involved in the review process, and which determines the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The degree of a participant's progress toward achieving the goals established in the IFSP, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Whether the goals or recommended services need to be revised; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Being available to the participant and the family on a nonscheduled basis as necessary for problem resolution and crisis management related to the participant's needs.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Administrative, supervisory, and monitoring services associated with the ongoing case management services are included as part of the service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Annual IFSP Review.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A unit of service is defined as a completed annual IFSP review and at least one contact with the participant or the participant’s family, on the participant’s behalf.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The covered services include convening and conducting a multidisciplinary team to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Perform a multidisciplinary reassessment of the participant's status and service needs; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Review and revise, as necessary, the participant's IFSP.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>