Sec. 17a-127. Development and implementation of individual service plan. Child specific team. Regulations.
Sec. 17a-127. Development and implementation of individual service plan.
Child specific team. Regulations. (a) The following shall be established for the purposes of developing and implementing an individual service plan: Within available
appropriations, a child specific team may be developed by the family of a child or
youth with complex behavioral health service needs which shall provide for family
participation in all aspects of assessment, planning and implementation of services and
may include, but need not be limited to, family members, the child or adolescent if
appropriate, clergy, school personnel, representatives of local or regional agencies providing programs and services for children and youths, a family advocate, and other
community or family representatives. The team shall designate one member to be the
team coordinator. The team coordinator shall, with the consent of the parent, guardian,
youth or emancipated minor, compile the results of all assessments and evaluations
completed prior to the preparation of an individual service plan that document the service
needs of the child or youth, make decisions affecting the implementation of an individual
service plan, and make referrals to community agencies and resources in accordance
with an individual service plan. The care coordinator shall not make decisions affecting
the implementation of the individual service plan without the consent of the parent,
guardian, youth or emancipated minor, except as otherwise provided by law.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to grant an entitlement to
any child or youth with behavioral health needs to receive particular services under this
section in an individual service plan if such child or youth is not otherwise eligible to
receive such services from any state agency or to receive such services pursuant to any
other provision of law.
(c) The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 for the
purpose of implementing the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 97-272, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 7, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 45, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S.
129, 131; P.A. 06-196, S. 123.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to modify composition of case review committees to include
parents of children or adolescents with mental illness or emotional disturbance, and amended Subsec. (a)(3) to modify
composition of coordinated care committee to include a parent of a child or adolescent with mental illness or emotional
disturbance, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "individual service plan"
for "individual system of care", providing that child specific team may also be developed by the family of a youth with
complex behavioral health service needs, in lieu of adolescent at placement risk, and that such team shall provide for family
participation in all aspects of assessment, planning and implementation of services, requiring team coordinator, with consent
of the parent, guardian, youth or emancipated minor, to compile results of all assessments and evaluations completed prior
to preparation of an individual service plan that document the service needs of the child or youth and to make referrals to
community agencies and resources in accordance with an individual service plan, prohibiting care coordinator from making
decisions affecting the implementation of the individual service plan without the consent of the parent, guardian, youth or
emancipated minor, deleting Subdiv. (2) re case review committees and deleting Subdiv. (3) re development of a coordinated
care committee, deleted existing Subsec. (b) re a report to the General Assembly on findings and recommendations of
programs for children and youth at placement risk, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), substituting "with
behavioral health needs" for "at placement risk" and "individual service plan" for "individual system of care" therein, and
redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), inserting the phrase ",in consultation with the Commissioner of Social
Services," therein, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but
without affecting this section; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006.