La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § IX-1119

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section IX-1119 - Individual and Family Support Expenditures

A. Individual and family support expenditures will only be authorized through a plan of support which will:

1. be generated no more than 90 calendar days before the request for support is made;

2. extend for the duration of any agreement to utilize individual and family support funds;

3. define the specific type and duration of supports needed; and

4. identify the agent(s) to provide the service and any special conditions associated with service delivery.

B. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, shall be responsible for expenditures in the individual and family support program, more specifically, the amount budgeted and the number of people served, and shall ensure administration within the guidelines established by the OCDD.

C. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, shall be responsible for supplying written justification for IFS expenditures above $15,000 for a single individual within a single fiscal year to the executive director of a LGE and receive approval from the executive director prior to expenditure of funds. Plans of support approved for less than this amount will not require such notification or approval. A copy of the letter of justification and notice of approval shall be maintained in the participant record.

D. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, shall be responsible for supplying written justification of expenditures outside guidelines established by the OCDD and/or that exceed an amount specified in the program manual to the executive director of a LGE, and receiving the executive directors approval, before funds are expended. Plans of support which are within program guidelines will not require such notification or approval. A copy of the letter of justification and notice of approval shall be maintained in the participant record.

E. Services in the individual and family support program are cost reimbursements and prior authorized. The developmental disabilities director or designee may authorize expenditures for a payment prior to receipt of service if documentation is provided that justifies the individual or familys inability to provide the advance payment that is typically required for cost-reimbursement individual agreements. Individual and/or family reliance on FITAP, SS disability or SSI will be adequate justification for prior payment.

F. Each participant record will include an expenditure recap sheet, which details all individual and family support expenditures, regardless of payment mechanism.

G. Funds appropriated or allocated to the individual and family support program cannot be used for salaries of civil service or contract employees who coordinate and monitor the individual and family support services and cannot be used to fund other costs associated with administering this program. All funds appropriated or allocated to the individual and family support program shall be spent on the direct purchase of goods, supports or services to assist the individual with an intellectual/developmental disability and/or his/her family.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § IX-1119

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 43668 (4/1/2017), Amended by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 46352 (3/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 28:824.