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225C.28A SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS.
As the state participates more fully in funding services and other
support to persons with mental retardation, developmental
disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness, it is the
intent of the general assembly that the state shall seek to attain
the following quality standards in the provision of the services:
1. Provide comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis adapted to the
cultural background, primary language, and ethnic origin of the
person.
2. Provide an individual treatment, habilitation, and program
plan.
3. Provide treatment, habilitation, and program services that are
individualized, provided to produce results, flexible, and
cost-effective, as appropriate.
4. Provide periodic review of the individual plan.
5. Provide for the least restrictive environment and
age-appropriate services.
6. Provide appropriate training and employment opportunities so
that the person's ability to contribute to and participate in the
community is maximized.
7. Provide an ongoing process to determine the degree of access
to and the effectiveness of the services and other support in
achieving the disability services outcomes and indicators identified
by the commission pursuant to section 225C.6. Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1241, § 66; 2006 Acts, ch 1115, §8
Referred to in § 225C.25, 225C.27, 225C.29
