37.34.981    0208 MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES PROGRAM: SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT

(1) Individual employment supports are habilitation services and staff supports needed by a person to acquire integrated employment or career advancement in the general workforce. Individual employment support is delivered in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. The outcome of this service is paid employment in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting within the general workforce that meets the person's personal and career goals, as documented in the plan of care.

(2) Individual employment supports may include:

(a) person-centered employment planning;

(b) job development;

(c) negotiation with prospective employers;

(d) creating a job description based on a task derived from a single traditional job (job carving);

(e) job placement;

(f) support for career advancement opportunities;

(g) job analysis;

(h) training, support, coordination, and communication in related skills needed to obtain or retain employment;

(i) job coaching;

(j) job loss support; and

(k) benefit planning support.

(3) Individual employment supports may be provided in conjunction with other employment services.

History: 53-6-113, 53-6-402, 53-20-204, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, 53-6-402, 53-20-205, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 1136, Eff. 6/30/95; TRANS, from SRS, 1998 MAR p. 3124; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 220, Eff. 1/31/14.