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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.21.28.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="28" heading="Program Model.">
  <text>The program director shall ensure that services:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Are designed to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Support an individual in the public mental health system to be able to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Choose, obtain, and maintain employment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Make vocational decisions and career changes; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enhance an individual's natural supports;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Are provided in a flexible manner to support an individual's vocational plan throughout an individual's employment, including periods of unemployment;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ongoing assessment and planning with an individual and, when appropriate, an individual's family or natural supports;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>As needed, vocational training;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Marketing to industries in the community; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Referral for services an individual needs, which are not provided by the program;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Promote placement in a work environment that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is free of recognized hazards likely to cause serious bodily injury or death and comply with any specific safety and health standards set for the industry;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If not free of all recognized hazards likely to cause serious bodily injury or death, provides information to employees regarding the exposure to hazardous materials and substances; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Compensates individuals at least at minimum wage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Are adequate to support an individual's placement in a supported employment program or an agency-sponsored employment program.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>