Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual › Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management › Chapter 6201 - COUNTY INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES › SERVICE DELIVERY › Section 6201.12 - Base service unit

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The county
					 administrator is responsible for establishing an organizational unit consisting
					 of multidisciplinary professional and nonprofessional staff capable of
					 planning, directing and coordinating appropriate services for individuals with
					 an intellectual disability and in need of service from the county program. This
					 unit shall be called the base service unit, and the county administrator shall
					 have the authority to direct, control and monitor the activities of the base
					 service unit.
(b) The base service
					 unit is responsible for performing the following functions in such a way as to
					 carry out the following objectives of the county program:
(1) Establish or develop a system utilizing
					 preventive services in the community for persons with an intellectual
					 disability.
(2) Establish and
					 operate a system for earliest possible casefinding.
(3) Maintain a continuing relationship with
					 the person with an intellectual disability and with a facility or provider of
					 service responsible for service to the person with an intellectual disability
					 during any stage of his life-management process.
(4) Constitute a fixed point of referral and
					 information for persons with an intellectual disability and their
					 families.
(5) Initiate, develop and
					 maintain a pattern of interaction between the diagnostic and evaluation team
					 and others concerned with services to any person with an intellectual
					 disability and his family. This pattern shall emphasize participation in the
					 life-management planning process of persons such as the family, physician,
					 local public health nurse, teacher, representative of human service resources,
					 vocational rehabilitation counselor, other providers of service, advocates and
					 the person with an intellectual disability, whenever possible.
(6) Provide opportunities for advancing the
					 knowledge and understanding of persons inside and outside its immediate
					 setting, particularly those who have a responsibility in carrying out the
					 life-management process.
(7) Foster
					 cooperation through the use of multidisciplinary approach.
(8) Ensure that if service to the person with
					 an intellectual disability is provided by other than the base service unit and
					 the person with an intellectual disability is referred for intake into the
					 county program, the referring agency or the provider of service are invited to
					 cooperate with the base service unit in diagnosis, evaluation and planning for
					 the person.
(9) Ensure that
					 services will not be authorized for funding by the county program unless they
					 are consistent with the life-management plan as developed by the base service
					 unit and approved by the county administrator.
(10) Provide for comprehensive diagnosis and
					 evaluation services to do all of the following:
(i) Diagnose, appraise and evaluate
					 intellectual disability and associated disabilities; define the strengths,
					 skills, abilities and potentials for improvement of the individual.
(ii) Assess the needs of the individual and
					 his family.
(iii) Develop a
					 practical life-management plan for individuals and their families and provide
					 the necessary counseling and follow-along services.
(iv) Reassess the progress of the individual
					 at regular intervals to determine continuing needs for service and for changes
					 in his management plan.