37.34.201    ELIGIBILITY: GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

(1) A person, in order to be considered for placement into a developmental disabilities services program funded through the Developmental Disabilities Program (DDP) of the department, must be determined by the department in accordance with the criteria of this rule to be a person with a developmental disability.

(2) The Determining Eligibility for Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Montana: A Staff Reference Manual, 6th Edition, 2013, sets forth the requirements for eligibility of the DDP's service programs.

(3) Eligibility for the DDP service programs, with the exception of federally funded Part C services, must be determined in accordance with the requirements of the Determining Eligibility for Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Montana: A Staff Reference Manual, 6th Edition, 2013. A copy of the manual may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Developmental Services Division, Developmental Disabilities Program, 111 N. Sanders, P.O. Box 4210, Helena, MT 59604 or at http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/dsd/ddp/EligibilityReferenceManual.pdf.

History: 53-20-204, MCA; IMP, 53-20-203, 53-20-209, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 1136, Eff. 6/30/95; TRANS, from SRS, 1998 MAR p. 3124; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 219, Eff. 1/31/14.