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SSBG Program Manual Service Codes 46-49

 

SSBG Program  Manual
1-1-98

DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SERVICES
SERVICE CODE 46

46.A                 SERVICE DEFINITION

Services necessary to maintain a person with a developmental disability in their community.  Services are based on an individual service plan and include such services as adult development, vocational maintenance and personal care.

SSBG Program  Manual
7-1-02

DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SERVICES
SERVICE CODE 46

46.B                DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES

Eligibility Categories

Goals

TEA Recipients

1.  Self-Support

SSI Recipients

2.  Self-Sufficiency

Income Eligibles

4.  Prevention of Unnecessary

 

           Institutionalization

 

 

Geographic Availability

Services are available statewide. 

 

 

Allowable Components (Purchase)

Child Day Care

Meal, Group

Emergency Shelter

Personal Care

Guidance and Job Placement

Supportive Activities

Habilitation Training 

Therapy, Occupational

Integrated Support Services

Therapy, Physical

Intervention

Therapy, Speech (Non-Medical)

SSBG Program  Manual
2-15-04

DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SERVICES
SERVICE CODE 46

46.C                UNITS OF SERVICE

10. 

 Alternative Community Services:  Services necessary to maintain a person with developmental disabilities in the community.  Services must be based on an individual service plan which is developed by an independent case manager or monitored by an independent or targeted case manager.

 

13.

Consultation:  Those professional services which assist parents/persons or providers in carrying out the individual service plan.  Consultation services are provided by professionals in psychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral intervention and nursing care.  Only those therapy services which are consultative (indirect) in nature, are allowed under consultation.  A unit is one hour.

                 20.

Adult Development:  Provides services to adults (age 21 years or older, or graduated from public school) who have been diagnosed as developmentally disabled.  The habilitation services are provided in a classroom setting and cannot include vocational training or work experiences, but may include prevocational activities.  Service is provided in units of one hour (less than a full hour cannot be utilized), with a maximum of five hours daily.

50. 

Therapy:  Speech or occupational therapy services, as defined by applicable state and federal rules and regulations, which are included as an essential part of the care plan of persons accepted for Developmental Disabilities Services.  A billable service is as shown below:

 

51.

Speech, Individual – One unit equals fifteen minutes

52.

Speech, Group – One unit equals fifteen minutes (Maximum of four persons).

53.

Occupational, Individual – One unit equals fifteen minutes

54.

Occupational, Group – One unit equals fifteen minutes (Maximum of four persons).

55.

Physical, Individual – One unit equals fifteen minutes

57.

Speech, Evaluation – One unit equals thirty minutes

58.

Occupational, Evaluation, Muscle Testing – One unit equals one hour

59.

Occupational, Evaluation, Cognitive Testing – One unit equals thirty minutes

70.

Family/Individual Support:  A program to provide support to individuals with a developmental disability who require support in more than one major life activity in order to participate in an integrated community setting and to enjoy a quality of life that is available to persons without a developmental disability.  Support may be provided for life activities such as mobility, communication, self-care and learning as necessary for independent living, employment and self sufficiency.  A billable service is one unit a month.

80.

Vocational Maintenance:  Those direct, personal, on-the-job services necessary to retain an individual on the job after successful completion of a vocational support employment program.  This service includes long-term support for supported employment in which appropriate ongoing services must be provided to a person who is severely disabled in order for the individual to work productively.  Services may include providing information relating to on-the-job problems, job-related training, performing situation analysis, providing on-the-job guidance, consultation and technical assistance and other such services.  Service is delivered in fifteen (15) minute units.

                 90.

Personal Care:  Tasks pertaining to a person’s functional abilities which enable the person to live in the community.  Basic personal care service includes such things as bathing, grooming, helping person to/from bathroom, assistance with medications which are self administered, assistance with food, performance of incidental household chores, etc.  One unit is fifteen minutes.

00. 

Physical Therapy:  Services as defined by applicable state and federal rules and regulations, which are included as an essential part of the care plan for persons accepted for Developmental Disabilities Services.  A billable service is as shown below:

 

01.

Evaluation – One unit equals thirty minutes