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Pa. Code 5310.128

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Service linkages

Jurisdiction: PA Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (OMHSAS) and Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP)
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This section requires Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) to establish written agreements with county children and youth agencies or social service agencies when caring for children in legal custody, covering placement planning, surrogate parent processes, family communication, and health care coordination. CRRS facilities serving school-age children must also develop formal arrangements with education agencies to coordinate service planning, education plans, scheduling of treatment, and information exchange. These requirements supplement the general service linkage provisions in § 5310.39.

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55 Pa. Code § 5310.128 - Service linkages 

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(a)
 When
 the community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) provides care for a
 child who is in the legal custody of the county children and youth agency or a
 public or private social service agency, the CRRS must have a written letter of
 agreement with the responsible agency which specifies: 
 
(1)
 The respective roles of each agency in
 the development and implementation of the placement plan and the procedures for
 follow-up.

(2)
 The respective roles
 of each agency in the recruitment and study evaluation process for surrogate
 parents.

(3)
 An agreement on the
 role of each agency in communicating with the parent and in providing family
 services.

(4)
 The respective role
 of each agency in arranging for health care services.

(b)
 When the CRRS provides care for a child
 of school age, the CRRS must develop arrangements with the appropriate
 education agencies having responsibility for the child's education which
 specify:
(1)
 The role of the school in the
 planning and implementation of the service plan.

(2)
 The role of the CRRS in the planning and
 implementation of the child's education plan.

(3)
 The scheduling of treatment services and
 how such services are to be coordinated with the education program
 partricularly during those hours in which the child would normally be expected
 to participate in the education program.

(4)
 The procedures developed for the exchange
 of verbal and written information between the CRRS and the school.

(c)
 This section supplements §
 
5310.39
 (relating to service
 linkages).

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 Pa. Code §
 
5310.128

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