225C.28A - SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS.

        225C.28A  SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS.
         As the state participates more fully in funding services and other
      support to persons with mental retardation, developmental
      disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness, it is the
      intent of the general assembly that the state shall seek to attain
      the following quality standards in the provision of the services:
         1.  Provide comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis adapted to the
      cultural background, primary language, and ethnic origin of the
      person.
         2.  Provide an individual treatment, habilitation, and program
      plan.
         3.  Provide treatment, habilitation, and program services that are
      individualized, provided to produce results, flexible, and
      cost-effective, as appropriate.
         4.  Provide periodic review of the individual plan.
         5.  Provide for the least restrictive environment and
      age-appropriate services.
         6.  Provide appropriate training and employment opportunities so
      that the person's ability to contribute to and participate in the
      community is maximized.
         7.  Provide an ongoing process to determine the degree of access
      to and the effectiveness of the services and other support in
      achieving the disability services outcomes and indicators identified
      by the commission pursuant to section 225C.6.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1241, § 66; 2006 Acts, ch 1115, §8
         Referred to in § 225C.25, 225C.27, 225C.29