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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.21.29.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="29" heading="Evaluation and Planning Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Review of Somatic Status.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>According to provisions outlined in this section and upon a minor's enrollment into the program, a staff member assigned by the program director shall document in the minor's medical record:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Pertinent past and current medical history including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor's somatic health problems, if any, including but not limited to allergies, neurologic disorders, and communicable diseases;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Relevant medical treatment, including medications; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Needed somatic care follow-up, if any; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the minor does not have a primary care provider, and, if indicated, the plan, including the time frame, for the minor's referral to a primary care provider for evaluation and treatment.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If indicated, the minor's rehabilitation coordinator shall document and communicate with the minor's primary care provider.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If indicated, the minor's rehabilitation coordinator shall discuss with the minor, and the parent or guardian, if appropriate, the need for medical care and facilitate access to said care.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Rehabilitation Assessment.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Within 14 calendar days of initiation of PRP services, PRP staff assigned by the program director to conduct assessments, in collaboration with the minor and, with proper consent, the parent or guardian, shall complete a face-to-face rehabilitation assessment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The assigned staff shall document in the rehabilitation assessment, at a minimum:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The minor's age and developmentally appropriate strengths, skills, and needs in the following areas:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Self-care skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Social, peer, family, and teacher interaction skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Participation in psychiatric treatment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Semi-independent living skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Family support and resources;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Academic achievement;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Community and informal support systems; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>Adaptive equipment or resources;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>As relevant, a review of the minor's legal status and forensic history, if any; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The minor's history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or substance abuse, if any.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Individual Rehabilitation Plan.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Initial IRP. Within 30 calendar days of initiation of PRP services and based on the rehabilitation assessment described in §B of this regulation, the minor's rehabilitation coordinator shall prepare an initial IRP:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In collaboration with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The parent or guardian, if appropriate; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>If appropriate and with proper consent, other mental health service providers, as available;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>That includes, at a minimum:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor's presenting needs, strengths, and rehabilitation expectations and responsibilities;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A description of needed and desired program services and interventions and staff responsible for implementation;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A description of how the needed and desired skills and supports will help the minor to be successfully maintained in the home or community, and manage the minor's psychiatric disorder;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Rehabilitation goals in measurable terms, and target dates for each goal; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>If appropriate, identification of, recommendations for, and collaboration with, other services to support the minor's rehabilitation, including but not limited to mental health treatment, residential services, and somatic care; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>That is reflective of the minor's overall plan of care.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Individual Treatment and Rehabilitation Plan (ITRP). In collaboration with the mental health treatment coordinator, the rehabilitation coordinator may combine the required elements of an ITP and IRP in one document, the ITRP.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rehabilitation Plan Review. As frequently as necessary, as determined by a minor's rehabilitation coordinator, and, at a minimum of every 3 months, the rehabilitation coordinator, in consultation with the minor, shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Review and record in the minor's medical record:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor's progress toward the accomplishment of previously identified rehabilitation goals;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Goal changes, based on a review of the minor's progress;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Changes in interventions, as appropriate; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Progress toward the reduction of functional behavioral impairments and restoration of specific age-appropriate skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Communicate promptly the results of the review to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Relevant program staff;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The minor's parent or guardian, if appropriate;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>With proper consent, community mental health programs providing services to the minor; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>With proper consent, the referring licensed mental health provider; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the minor's service needs change, provide and document in the minor's record:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The suggested changes in rehabilitation goals and services; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Staffing and support services required by the change.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Signature of the IRP Plan and Reviews.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The following shall sign agreement with the IRP and ITRP reviews:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The minor's rehabilitation coordinator; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The minor's parent or guardian, if appropriate.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the minor is unwilling to sign an agreement with the IRP and ITRP reviews, the minor's rehabilitation coordinator shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Verify the minor's verbal agreement with the IRP and ITRP reviews;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Document the rationale for the minor's refusal to sign; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Obtain the agreement and signature of agreement of the minor's parent or guardian.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>In addition, for an ITRP, at least two mental health professionals, who collaborate about the minor's treatment, shall sign the IRP and ITRP reviews, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The minor's rehabilitation coordinator, and if the rehabilitation coordinator is not a mental health professional, the mental health professional who supervises the rehabilitation coordinator; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The minor's treating mental health professional;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the minor is receiving medication prescribed through an outpatient mental health clinic (OMHC), the minor's rehabilitation coordinator shall provide the OMHC psychiatrist with a copy of the minor's IRP and ITRP reviews.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Continuing Evaluation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Contact Notes. Staff shall document:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Each contact with or about the individual, including, at a minimum:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The date;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The start and end time of services, if not documented in a readily accessible billing document;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The minor's chief medical complaint or reason for the visit;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The delivery of services specified by the IRP or ITRP;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>A brief description of the service provided; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>A legible signature, which may include an electronic signature, and printed or typed name of the program staff member providing care, with the appropriate title.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Progress Summary Notes. At a minimum, each month, the rehabilitation coordinator shall record in the minor's medical record a progress summary note that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The staff member's assessment of the minor's progress toward goal achievement in measurable terms;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The minor's assessment of progress toward goal achievement; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Justification for the need for ongoing PRP services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If at least one contact note described in §D(1) of this regulation includes the information outlined in §D(2) of this regulation, the monthly progress summary note is not required.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The rehabilitation coordinator shall document that the minor's needs and progress are promptly communicated to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Staff involved in the implementation of the IRP or ITRP; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The minor's parent or guardian, if appropriate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>With proper consent, other community mental health programs providing services to the minor.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>