1. Team designation. The commissioner shall designate several multidisciplinary teams throughout the State to assist the department with evaluations of adults with long-term care needs.
2. Membership. Each multidisciplinary team must include at least one social services' professional or health care professional and, whenever possible, the adult with long-term care needs and a family or designated representative.
3. Duties. For each adult with long-term care needs evaluated by a multidisciplinary team, the team shall assist the department to:
A. Determine the eligibility of the adult for in-home and community support services; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
B. Develop a plan of services for the adult, in cooperation with the probable providers of the services, whenever such providers are not members of the team; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
C. Arrange for the provision of the needed services; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
D. Reevaluate the adult periodically to determine the adult's continuing need for the services; and [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §217 (COR).]
E. Consult when possible with the adult's attending physician, if any.