Ohio Code 5126.14 – Administrative oversight
The entity responsible for the habilitation management included in adult day habilitation services, the program management included in residential services, and the program management included in supported living shall provide administrative oversight by doing all of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5126.14
- Adult day habilitation services: includes all of the following:
(a) Personal care services needed to ensure an individual's ability to experience and participate in vocational services, educational services, community activities, and any other adult day habilitation services;
(b) Skilled services provided while receiving adult day habilitation services, including such skilled services as behavior management intervention, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physical therapy, and nursing services;
(c) Training and education in self-determination designed to help the individual do one or more of the following: develop self-advocacy skills, exercise the individual's civil rights, acquire skills that enable the individual to exercise control and responsibility over the services received, and acquire skills that enable the individual to become more independent, integrated, or productive in the community;
(d) Recreational and leisure activities identified in the individual's service plan as therapeutic in nature or assistive in developing or maintaining social supports;
(e) Transportation necessary to access adult day habilitation services;
(f) Habilitation management, as described in section 5126. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- Habilitation: means the process by which the staff of the facility or agency assists an individual with a developmental disability in acquiring and maintaining those life skills that enable the individual to cope more effectively with the demands of the individual's own person and environment, and in raising the level of the individual's personal, physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Residential services: includes program management, as described in section 5126. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- Service and support administration: means the duties performed by a service and support administrator pursuant to section 5126. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Supported living: includes the provision of all of the following:
(a) Housing, food, clothing, habilitation, staff support, professional services, and any related support services necessary to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the individual receiving the services;
(b) A combination of lifelong or extended-duration supervision, training, and other services essential to daily living, including assessment and evaluation and assistance with the cost of training materials, transportation, fees, and supplies;
(c) Personal care services and homemaker services;
(d) Household maintenance that does not include modifications to the physical structure of the residence;
(e) Respite care services;
(f) Program management, as described in section 5126. See Ohio Code 5126.01
(A) Having available supervisory personnel to monitor and ensure implementation of all interventions in accordance with every individual service plan implemented by the staff who work with the individuals receiving the services;
(B) Providing appropriate training and technical assistance for all staff who work with the individuals receiving services;
(C) Communicating with service and support administration staff for the purpose of coordinating activities to ensure that services are provided to individuals in accordance with individual service plans and intended outcomes;
(D) Monitoring for unusual and major unusual incidents and cases of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation of funds involving the individual under the care of staff who are providing the services; taking immediate actions as necessary to maintain the health, safety, and welfare of the individuals receiving the services; and providing notice of unusual and major unusual incidents and suspected cases of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation of funds to the county board of developmental disabilities;
(E) Performing other administrative duties as required by state or federal law or by the county board of developmental disabilities through contracts with providers.