Regulation .05 Limitations.
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A.
Early intervention service coordination is advisory in nature.
B.
A restriction may not be placed on a qualified participant’s option to receive early intervention service coordination.
C.
Early intervention service coordination does not restrict or otherwise affect:
(1)
Eligibility for Title XIX benefits or other available benefits or programs;
(2)
The freedom of a participant's parent or family to select from all available services for which the participant is found to be eligible;
(3)
A participant's parent or family's free choice among qualified providers, in the participant's behalf; or
(4)
A provider's right to bill the Program for other covered Program services.
D.
Early intervention service coordination may not be:
(1)
Provided as an integral and inseparable part of another covered Program service;
(2)
Provided as an administrative function necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the State's Medical Assistance plan;
(3)
Rendered in connection with the implementation of §1915(b) or (c) of the Social Security Act; or
(4)
Delivered as part of institutional discharge planning.
E.
Reimbursement may not be made for early intervention service coordination if a participant is receiving a comparable case management service under another Program authority.
F.
A participant’s service coordinator may not be the participant’s parent.