Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5123 - Department of Developmental Disabilities › Chapter 5123-9 - Home and Community-Based Services Waivers › Section 5123-9-38 - Home and community-based services waivers - social work under the individual options waiver

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
This rule defines social work and sets
				forth provider qualifications, requirements for service delivery and
				documentation of services, and payment standards for the service.
(B)
								Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the
				following definitions apply:
(1)
									"Agency provider" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123-2-08
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
									"County board"
			 means a county board of developmental disabilities.
(3)
									"Department"
			 means the Ohio department of developmental disabilities.
(4)
									"Family member"
			 means a person who is related to the individual by blood, marriage, or
			 adoption.
(5)
									"Independent provider" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123-2-09
			 of the Administrative Code.
(6)
									"Individual"
			 means a person with a developmental disability or for purposes of giving,
			 refusing to give, or withdrawing consent for services, the person's guardian in
			 accordance with section
			 5126.043
			 of the Revised Code.
(7)
									"Individual service plan" means the written description
			 of services, supports, and activities to be provided to an
			 individual.
(8)
									"Service and support administrator" means a person,
			 regardless of title, employed by or under contract with a county board to
			 perform the functions of service and support administration and who holds the
			 appropriate certification in accordance with rule
			 5123:2-5-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(9)
									"Service
			 documentation" means all records and information on one or more documents,
			 including documents that may be created or maintained in electronic software
			 programs, created and maintained contemporaneously with the delivery of
			 services, and kept in a manner as to fully disclose the nature and extent of
			 services delivered that shall include the items delineated in paragraph (E) of
			 this rule to validate payment for medicaid services.
(10)
									"Social work"
			 means the application of specialized knowledge of human development and
			 behavior as well as social, economic, and cultural systems. This knowledge is
			 used to assist individuals and their families to improve and/or restore their
			 capacity for social functioning. Social work includes the provision of
			 counseling and active participation in problem-solving with individuals and
			 family members; counseling to meet the psychosocial needs of individuals;
			 collaboration with healthcare professionals and other providers to assist them
			 to understand and support the social and emotional needs and problems
			 experienced by individuals and their families; advocacy; referral to
			 community-based and specialized services; development of social work/
			 counseling plans of treatment; and assisting providers of services and family
			 members to understand and implement activities related to implementation of the
			 plan of treatment. Social work is not intended to duplicate the efforts of the
			 service and support administrator.