Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of › Rule 16.04.17 - RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION AGENCIES › Section 16.04.17.300 - AGENCY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Current through August 31, 2023
A policy and procedure manual must be developed by the agency
				to effectively implement its objectives. It must be approved by the governing
				authority. The manual must, at a minimum, include policies and procedures
				reflecting the following: (3-17-22)
01.
Scope of Services and Area
			 Served
. The agency must define the scope of services offered and the
			 geographic area served by the agency. (3-17-22)
02.
Acceptance Standards
. The
			 agency must develop and implement written policies and procedures that specify
			 the agency will only accept and retain participants for whom the agency is
			 adequately equipped to provide appropriate services according to the
			 participant's plan of care. The agency will not accept or retain participants
			 when the agency does not have the personnel appropriate in number and with
			 appropriate knowledge and skill to provide the services needed by each
			 participant according to each participant's plan of care. (3-17-22)
03.
Participant Records
. Each
			 agency must develop and implement written policies and procedures that describe
			 the content, maintenance, and storage of participant records. Each agency must
			 maintain accurate, current, and complete participant records. These records
			 must be maintained for at least five (5) years following the participant's
			 termination of services, or to the extent required by other federal or state
			 requirements. Each agency must have a participant records system to include
			 past and current information and to safeguard participant confidentiality under
			 these rules. (3-17-22)
04.
Required Services
. Each agency must develop and implement written
			 policies and procedures that describe how the agency will assess and provide
			 residential habilitation services. Residential habilitation services consist of
			 an integrated array of individually tailored services and supports. These
			 services and supports are designed to assist the participants to reside in
			 their own homes. Residential habilitation includes habilitation services aimed
			 at assisting the individual to acquire, retain, or improve their ability to
			 reside as independently as possible in the community or maintain family unity,
			 and include training in one (1) or more of the following areas: (3-17-22)
a. Self-direction, including the
			 identification of and response to dangerous or threatening situations, making
			 decisions and choices affecting the individual's life, and initiating changes
			 in living arrangements or life activities; (3-17-22)
b. Money management, including training or
			 assistance in handling personal finances, making purchases, and meeting
			 personal financial obligations; (3-17-22)
c. Daily living skills, including training in
			 accomplishing routine housekeeping tasks, meal preparation, dressing, personal
			 hygiene, self-administration of medications, and other areas of daily living
			 including proper use of adaptive and assistive devices, appliances, home
			 safety, first aid, and emergency procedures; (3-17-22)
d. Socialization, including training or
			 assistance in participation in general community activities and establishing
			 relationships with peers with an emphasis on connecting the participant to
			 their community. (3-17-22)
i. Socialization
			 training associated with participation in community activities includes
			 assisting the participant to identify activities of interest, working out
			 arrangements to participate in such activities, and identifying specific
			 training activities necessary to assist the participant to continue to
			 participate in such activities on an ongoing basis. (3-17-22)
ii. Socialization training does not include
			 participation in non-therapeutic activities that are merely diversional or
			 recreational in nature; (3-17-22)
e. Mobility, including training or assistance
			 aimed at enhancing movement within the person's living arrangement, mastering
			 the use of adaptive aids and equipment, accessing and using public
			 transportation, independent travel, or movement within the community;
			 (3-17-22)
f. Behavior shaping and
			 management includes training and assistance in appropriate expressions of
			 emotions or desires, assertiveness, acquisition of socially appropriate
			 behaviors; or extension of therapeutic services, which consist of reinforcing
			 physical, occupational, speech and other therapeutic programs.
			 (3-17-22)
g. Personal Assistance
			 Services necessary to assist the individual in daily living activities,
			 household tasks, and such other routine activities as the participant or the
			 participant's primary caregiver(s) are unable to accomplish on their own
			 behalf. (3-17-22)
h. Skills
			 training conducted by direct service staff to teach the participant how to
			 perform activities with greater independence and to carry out or reinforce
			 habilitation training. Services are focused on training and are not designed to
			 provide substitute task performance. Skills training is provided to encourage
			 and accelerate development in independent daily living skills, self-direction,
			 money management, socialization, mobility, and other therapeutic programs.
			 (3-17-22)