Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5123 - Department of Developmental Disabilities › Chapter 5123-4 - County Boards of Developmental Disabilities › Section 5123-4-02 - Service and support administration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Purpose
This rule defines the responsibilities of a county board of
				developmental disabilities for service and support administration and
				establishes a process for individuals who receive service and support
				administration to have an identified service and support administrator who is
				the primary point of coordination.
(B) Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions
				apply:
(1) "Alternative services" has
			 the same meaning as in rule
			 5123-9-04 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(2) "Assessment" means the
			 individualized process of gathering comprehensive information concerning the
			 individual's preferences, desired outcomes, needs, interests, abilities, health
			 status, and other available supports.
(3) "Budget for services" means the projected
			 cost of implementing the individual service plan regardless of funding
			 source.
(4) "County board" means a
			 county board of developmental disabilities.
(5) "Department" means the Ohio department of
			 developmental disabilities.
(6)
			 "Home and community-based services waiver" means a medicaid waiver administered
			 by the department in accordance with section
			 5166.21 of the Revised
			 Code.
(7) "Individual" means a
			 person with a developmental disability.
(8) "Individual service plan" means the
			 written description of services, supports, and activities to be provided to an
			 individual.
(9) "Intermediate care
			 facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" has the same meaning
			 as in section 5124.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(10) "Natural supports" means
			 the personal associations and relationships typically developed in the
			 community that enhance the quality of life for individuals. Natural supports
			 may include family members, friends, neighbors, and others in the community or
			 organizations that serve the general public who provide voluntary support to
			 help an individual achieve agreed upon outcomes through the individual service
			 plan development.
(11) "Ohio
			 individual service plan" means the web-based information technology platform
			 created and maintained by the department used to carry out the person centered
			 process for assessing and planning with Ohioans with developmental disabilities
			 and includes an information technology platform maintained by a county board or
			 an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities to
			 manage, store, and electronically exchange information with the department's
			 web-based information technology platform.
(12) "Person-centered planning" means an
			 ongoing process directed by an individual and others chosen by the individual
			 to identify the individual's unique strengths, interests, abilities,
			 preferences, resources, and desired outcomes as they relate to the individual's
			 support needs.
(13) "Primary point
			 of coordination" means the identified service and support administrator who is
			 responsible to an individual for the effective development, implementation, and
			 coordination of the individual service plan.
(14) "Service and support administration"
			 means the duties performed by a service and support administrator pursuant to
			 section 5126.15 of the Revised
			 Code.
(15) "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.
(16) "Team"
			 means the group of persons chosen by the individual with the core
			 responsibility to support the individual in directing development of
			 
									the individual service plan. The team includes the
			 individual's guardian or adult whom the individual has identified, as
			 applicable, the service and support administrator, direct support
			 professionals, providers, licensed or certified professionals, and any other
			 persons chosen by the individual to help the individual consider possibilities
			 and make decisions.