Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 13 - AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES › Sub-Agency 160 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 001 - COORDINATION OF SERVICE TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH A SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE › Section 13 160 001 - COORDINATION OF SERVICE TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH A SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE

Current through June, 2024
Regulations for Act 264 [1988 Adjourned Session] and Act 203
				  [1990 Adjourned Session]
Section 1000
				Statement of Purpose
These rules are jointly promulgated by the Vermont
				  Departments of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (DMHMR) and Social and
				  Rehabilitation Services (SRS) and the Vermont State Board of Education to
				  implement the provisions of Act 264 of the 1988 Adjourned Session and Act 203
				  of the 1990 Adjourned Session. It is the intent of these rules that improved
				  coordination among the three agencies and the local service providers will
				  result in improved services for children and adolescents with a severe
				  emotional disturbance.
Nothing in the provisions of this chapter shall be construed
				  to grant an entitlement to any child or adolescent with a severe emotional
				  disturbance to receive any educational, residential, mental health or other
				  service until and unless the general assembly further provides that such
				  children and adolescents or any subgroup thereof are so entitled.
Section 2000 Statutory Authority
33 V.S.A.
				  4305(b)
Section 3000 Definitions
For the purposes of these rules, a "child or adolescent with
				  a severe emotional disturbance" means a child or adolescent who meets the
				  criteria set forth in
				  33 V.S.A.
				  4301(3) and who is in need
				  of coordinated services. For the purposes of these rules, a "child or
				  adolescent with a severe emotional disturbance shall be referred to as an
				  "eligible child".
For the purpose of these rules, the "lead agency" is that
				  agency which has the responsibility for the coordination of (1) the assessment
				  of the eligible child and (2) the development of the coordinated service
				  plan.
Section 4000
				Guidelines for Local Interagency Team Procedures
Each Local Interagency Team (LIT), with public participation,
				  shall develop written procedures for interagency collaboration concerning
				  eligible children. "Public participation" should, at a minimum, include at
				  least one public meeting with notice thereof in a newspaper of general
				  circulation in the region. Each Local Interagency Team shall develop procedures
				  in a step-by-step format in the areas of training interagency personnel;
				  interagency collaboration; case management; and provision for notice to
				  parents, guardians and involved agencies. The following (Rules 4001-4004) are
				  guidelines for suggested procedures that shall be submitted on or before
				  February 1, 1992 by the Local Interagency Teams to the advisory board
				  established pursuant to
				  33 V.S.A.
				  4303 and then to the commissioners of DMHMR,
				  SRS, and Education for approval.
Section
				4001 Training of Interagency Personnel
The interagency team procedures shall provide for the
				  training of interagency personnel in the following subjects:
A. the rationale for coordinated
				services;
B. the development and
				implementation of coordinated service plans;
C. the responsibility of personnel for
				implementation of the procedures and provision of coordinated services
				generally; and
D. the procedures
				and responsibilities of all agencies involved in the provision of services to
				eligible children.