(a) The department shall administer an application and assessment system for persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities, and shall determine eligibility for services or supports within thirty working days of receipt of an application. If the department determines that the person is eligible for services or supports under this chapter within the limits of federal or state resources available for the purposes of this chapter, the department, after due consideration is afforded the preferences of the person with developmental or intellectual disabilities, the person’s parents if a minor, or legal guardian, shall refer that person to appropriate programs within ten working days of the determination; an individualized service plan for the person shall be prepared by an interdisciplinary team for the person, and the department may provide case management services to the person.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-6

  • Case management services: means services to persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities that assist them in gaining access to needed social, medical, legal, educational, and other services, and includes:

    (1) Follow-along services which assure, through a continuing relationship between an agency or provider and a person with a developmental or intellectual disability and the person's parent, if the person is a minor, or guardian, if a guardian has been appointed for the purpose, that the changing needs of the person and the family are recognized and appropriately met. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individualized service plan: means the written plan required by section 333F-6 that is developed by the individual, with the input of family, friends, and other persons identified by the individual as being important to the planning process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
  • Interdisciplinary team: means a group of persons that is drawn from or represents those professions, disciplines, or service areas that are relevant to identifying an individual's needs and designing a program to meet them, and is responsible for evaluating the individual's needs, developing an individual program plan to meet them, periodically reviewing the individual's response to the plan, and revising the plan accordingly. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
  • Services: means appropriate assistance provided to a person with a developmental or intellectual disability in the least restrictive, individually appropriate environment to provide for basic living requirements and continuing development of independence or interdependent living skills of the person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
(b) The procedure for assessment of the person and the elements of the individualized service plan shall be described in rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 91. The individualized service plan shall be in writing and shall include, at a minimum, the nature of the needs of the person, treatment and care goals, and specific services to be offered to the person to attain these goals.
(c) The department shall keep waiting lists of all individuals who are eligible for services and supports, but for whom services and supports have not been provided for any reason, and shall report annually to the legislature the numbers of persons waiting for services and supports and the reasons for the lack of services and supports.

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