Aging and Disability Services Council Sharon Swift Butterworth ...

United States mail and provide an opportunity for a review in accordance with §2.46 of this title
(relating to Notification and Appeals Process).
(j) If the MRA notifies an applicant under 22 years of age or the applicant's LAR in
accordance with subsection (g)(1) of this section, the MRA must coordinate with DADS to
ensure the applicant's name is placed on the HCS Program interest list with a new registration
date that is the date of the MRA's notification.
(k) If the applicant or LAR, on the applicant's behalf, chooses to enroll in the HCS Program
the MRA must compile and maintain information necessary to process the request for enrollment
in the HCS Program.
(1) If the applicant's financial eligibility for the HCS Program must be established, the
MRA must initiate, monitor, and support the processes necessary to obtain a financial eligibility
determination.
(2) The MRA must complete an MR/RC Assessment if an LOC determination is necessary
in accordance with §9.161 and §9.163 of this subchapter (relating to LOC Determination and
LON Assignment, respectively).
(A) The MRA must:
(i) perform or endorse a determination that the applicant has mental retardation in accordance
with Chapter 5, Subchapter D of this title (relating to Diagnostic Eligibility for Services and
Supports – Mental Retardation Priority Population and Related Conditions); or
(ii) verify that the applicant has been diagnosed by a licensed physician as having a related
condition as defined in §9.203 of this chapter (relating to Definitions).
(B) The MRA must administer the ICAP and recommend an LON assignment to DADS in
accordance with §9.163 and §9.164 of this subchapter (relating to DADS' Review of LON).
(C) The MRA must electronically transmit the completed MR/RC Assessment to DADS for
approval in accordance with §9.161(a) and §9.163(a) of this subchapter and, if applicable, submit
supporting documentation as required by §9.164(c) of this subchapter;
(3) The MRA must assign a service coordinator who, together with the applicant and LAR,
must develop a PDP.
(4) The MRA must develop a proposed initial IPC with the applicant or LAR in
accordance with §9.159(c) of this subchapter (relating to IPC).
(l) The service coordinator must:
(1) provide names and contact information to the applicant or LAR regarding available
program providers in the MRA's local service area (i.e., program providers operating below their
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