37.40.1018    SELF-DIRECTED COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE SERVICES: PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS

(1) Self-directed Community First Choice Services (CFCS) providers must employ program oversight staff to perform the following self-directed oversight activities:

(a) assist members to identify resources for personal assistants;

(b) advise the member regarding program requirements;

(c) complete compliance documentation and follow-up if the member does not comply with program requirements; and

(d) provide documentation to ensure that the personal representative meets the participation criteria described in ARM 37.40.1008.

(2) Self-directed CFCS providers must maintain staff resources, including a program oversight staff and person-centered plan facilitator, to perform the necessary CFCS duties as referenced in ARM 37.40.1005. The program oversight staff and person-centered plan facilitator may be the same person.

(3) Self-directed program oversight staff must meet the following criteria:

(a) have at least one year's experience in aging and disability services;

(b) receive training in CFCS; and

(c) be free of conflict-of-interest criteria as referenced in ARM 37.40.1016.

(4) Self-directed plan facilitators must meet the following criteria:

(a) have at least one year's experience in aging and disability services;

(b) receive certification in the person-centered planning process; and

(c) be free of conflict-of-interest criteria as referenced in ARM 37.40.1016.

(5) The CFCS provider agency must provide documentation to verify program oversight staff and plan facilitator credentials, certification, and training.

(6) Self-directed CFCS provider agencies must act as the employer of record for direct-care workers for the purposes of payroll and federal hiring practices.

(7) Effective January 1, 2015, self-directed CFCS provider agencies must provide quarterly reports for all self-directed personal care attendants employed by the agency, in the format specified by the department. The quarterly report must include the names, addresses, and phone numbers, wages, years of experience in aging and disability services, availability of employee-sponsored health insurance, whether a background check was conducted, and, if so, whether it was a fingerprint criminal background check.

History: 53-2-201, MCA; IMP, 53-2-201, 53-6-113, MCA; NEW, 2014 MAR p. 3075, Eff. 12/25/14.