Section 117.215  Services and funding provisions

a)         The Department shall purchase services from service agencies, organizations or individuals based on the service/treatment plan.  Such services may include, but are not limited to:

1)         Home health services;

2)         Service facilitation;

3)         Crisis management;

4)         Training and assistance in self-care;

5)         Personal care services;

6)         Habilitation and rehabilitation services;

7)         Employment-related services;

8)         Supported employment;

9)         Respite care for the caregiver; and

10)       Other skills training that enables an individual to become self-supporting.

b)         Home-based support services may not be used to:

1)         Replace services for which the individual is otherwise eligible through federal, state or local public agencies such as special education programs, as described in 42 CFR 430, Subpart A (1996).

2)         Deny, reduce or terminate services to individuals participating in this program.

c)         The amount of home-based support services shall be determined by the individual's service/treatment plan but shall not exceed the following:

1)         For adults who are not in a special education program, the cost of services shall be up to 300 percent of the monthly federal SSI payment for a person living along (Section 2-6 of the Home-Based Support Services Law).

2)         For adults who are in a special education program, the cost of services shall be up to 200 percent of the monthly federal SSI payment for a person living alone (Section 2-6 of the Home-Based Support Services Law).