Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 633 · 39 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Comprehensive evaluation", a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of an individual leading to conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly by an interdisciplinary team of persons w…
1. The division of developmental disabilities, created by the omnibus reorganization act of 1974, section 9, appendix B, RSMo, shall be a division of the department. The division shall have the responsibility of insuring that intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities prevention, evaluation, care, habilit…
The division director, subject to the supervision of the director, shall be the chief administrative officer of his division and shall exercise for the division the powers and duties of an appointing authority under chapter 36 to employ such administrative, technical and other personnel, except employees of department…
1. The "Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council", consisting of up to twenty-five members, the number to be determined under the council bylaws, is hereby created to advise the division and the division director. 2. The members of the Missouri planning council for developmental disabilities, created by executive or…
The division may provide habilitation and such related services directly or through contracts with an appropriate residential facility, day program or specialized service licensed and funded by the department.
Persons diagnosed as developmentally disabled as defined in 42 U.S.C. 6001, as amended, solely on the basis of a diagnosis of mental disorder or mental illness as defined in section 630.005 shall be served by appropriate agencies.
All persons determined eligible for services provided by the division of developmental disabilities prior to January 1, 1991, shall be eligible for services on the basis of their earlier determination of eligibility without regard to their eligibility status under the definition of developmental disability contained in…
1. The department shall prepare a state plan to secure coordinated intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities habilitation services accessible to persons in need of them in defined geographic areas, which plan shall be reviewed and revised annually. 2. The state plan shall include, but not be limited to,…
1. The department of mental health shall develop a plan to address the needs of persons who are on a waitlist for services, including persons in habilitation centers waiting for community placement. Such plan shall reflect the partnership between persons with developmental disabilities and their families, community pro…
1. The department of mental health and the department of social services shall jointly prepare a plan to address the need for mental health services and supports for: (1) All of the cases in the custody of the department of social services that involve children in the system due exclusively to a need for mental health…
The director shall divide the state into regions. The boundaries of such regions, to the extent practicable, shall be contiguous with relevant boundaries of political subdivisions and health service areas.
1. The director may establish regional councils in any of the regions. If a regional council is established in a region, the division director shall appoint up to twenty members who reside in the region to serve staggered three-year terms on the councils. 2. At least one-half of the members shall be consumers and no mo…
1. Any regional advisory councils established under section 633.040 shall participate in the preparation of regional plans and annually review, advise on and recommend them before they are transmitted to the state advisory council and the division director. The plans shall include at least the following: (1) An invento…
1. In addition to such other advisory functions as may be agreed upon with the division, the regional advisory councils shall review and advise on programs and policies of the regional centers. The councils shall review, advise on, and recommend regional program budgets and shall report to the division director their f…
The department shall establish regional centers in regions located throughout the state.
The regional centers shall be the entry and exit points in each region responsible for securing comprehensive intellectual disability and developmental disability services for clients of the department. The center shall carry out this responsibility either through contracts purchasing the required services or through t…
1. Any person suspected to have an intellectual disability or developmental disability shall be eligible for initial diagnostic and counseling services through the regional centers. 2. If it is determined by a regional center through a comprehensive evaluation that a person has an intellectual disability or a developme…
The regional center shall secure services for its clients in the least restrictive environment consistent with individualized habilitation plans. As a result of its comprehensive evaluation, the regional center shall utilize the following entities to secure services: (1) Agencies serving persons not diagnosed with an i…
1. A regional center may refer a client for admission to a developmental disability facility only if determined by a comprehensive evaluation that: (1) The person has a developmental disability; (2) Protective services are required to guarantee the health, safety or mental well-being of the person; (3) Placement in a d…
1. A resident admitted to a developmental disability facility pursuant to section 633.120 shall be discharged immediately when the person who applied for his or her admission requests the release orally, in writing or otherwise from the head of the developmental disability facility; except, that if the head of the deve…
1. At least once every one hundred eighty days, the head of each developmental disability facility shall cause the condition and status of each resident to be reviewed and evaluated for the purpose of determining whether the resident needs further residential habilitation, placement in the least restrictive environment…
1. If a resident, or his parent if he is a minor, or his legal guardian refuses to consent to the proposed placement or to discharge from the facility, the head of the developmental disability facility may petition the director of the division to determine whether the proposed placement is appropriate under sections 63…
1. If any resident leaves a developmental disability facility without authorization, the sheriff of the county where the resident is found shall apprehend and return him to the center if requested to do so by the head of the facility. 2. The head of the facility may request the return of an absent resident pursuant to…
1. The department may transfer a resident from one department developmental disability facility to another if the division director determines that such transfer is desirable to provide the resident improved habilitation or other services, to better insure his safety and welfare, or to locate him in closer proximity to…
The head of a developmental disability facility may transfer a resident to a mental health facility only under the provisions of chapter 632. The director shall order that such resident be returned to the developmental disability facility when the resident is no longer in need of psychiatric care and treatment.