633.032. Mental health department to develop a plan for the needs of persons on waitlist for services--report required, made to whom, when.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

633.032. Mental health department to develop a plan for the needs of persons on waitlist for services--report required, made to whom, when.

Mental health department to develop a plan for the needs of persons onwaitlist for services--report required, made to whom, when.

633.032. 1. The department of mental health shall develop a plan toaddress the needs of persons who are on a waitlist for services, includingpersons in habilitation centers waiting for community placement. Such planshall reflect the partnership between persons with developmentaldisabilities and their families, community providers, and state officials,and shall support the choice and control of consumers and their families inthe delivery of services and supports. Such plan shall include thefollowing:

(1) A method to reduce the waitlist for services over a period offive years and to reduce the waiting period to ninety days;

(2) A description of minimum supports and services available to alleligible individuals and their families;

(3) An evaluation of the capacity of current providers to serve moreindividuals;

(4) A method of adjusting support and service levels based on theneeds of the eligible individual combined with family or other relevantcircumstances affecting the support of such individual;

(5) A method for determining the circumstances when out-of-hometwenty-four-hour care may be necessary;

(6) A description of how the plan will be implemented on a statewidebasis;

(7) Any changes in state law that will be required to implement theplan; and

(8) An analysis of the budgetary and programmatic effects ofproviding supports and services for all eligible individuals and theirfamilies.

2. The plan required pursuant to this section shall be completed onor before November first each year beginning November 1, 2007. Thedirector of the department of mental health shall annually submit a copy ofthe plan to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president protem of the senate, and the governor.