Missouri Laws 633.115 – Entities to be used by regional centers
The regional center shall secure services for its clients in the least restrictive environment consistent with individualized habilitation plans. As a result of its comprehensive evaluation, the regional center shall utilize the following entities to secure services:
(1) Agencies serving persons not diagnosed with an intellectual disability or developmental disability in which the client would be eligible to receive available services or in which the services could be made available to the client through the purchase of assistive or supportive services;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 633.115
- Comprehensive evaluation: a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of an individual leading to conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly by an interdisciplinary team of persons with special training and experience in the diagnosis and habilitation of a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability. See Missouri Laws 633.005
- Developmental disability facility: a private or department facility, other than a regional center, which admits persons with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability for residential habilitation and other services and which is qualified or licensed as such by the department pursuant to chapter 630. See Missouri Laws 633.005
- Division: the division of developmental disabilities of the department of mental health. See Missouri Laws 633.005
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Regional center: an entity so designated by the department to provide, directly or indirectly, for comprehensive developmental disability services under this chapter in a particular region. See Missouri Laws 633.005
(2) Agencies serving persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability in which the client would be eligible to receive available services or in which services could be made available to the client through the purchase of assistive or supportive services;
(3) The regional center on a day-program basis;
(4) The regional center for short-term residential services, not to exceed six months, unless expressly authorized for a longer period by the division director;
(5) A residential facility licensed through the department placement program, but not operated by the department;
(6) A developmental disability facility operated by the department for clients who are persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability.