Title XL — ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

633.005. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Comprehensive evaluation", a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of an individual leading to conclusions and recommendati…

633.010. Responsibilities, powers, functions and duties of division. — 1. The division of developmental disabilities, created by the omnibus reorganization act of 1974, section 9, appendix B, RSMo, shall be a division of the department. The division shall have the responsibility …

633.015. Division director to be chief administrative officer. — The division director, subject to the supervision of the director, shall be the chief administrative officer of his division and shall exercise for the division the powers and duties of an appointing authority under…

633.020. Advisory council on developmental disabilities — members, number, terms, qualifications, appointment — organization, meetings — duties. — 1. The "Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council", consisting of up to twenty-five members, the number to be determined under the …

633.025. Services to be provided. — The division may provide habilitation and such related services directly or through contracts with an appropriate residential facility, day program or specialized service licensed and funded by the department. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724)

633.027. Developmentally disabled persons to be served. — Persons diagnosed as developmentally disabled as defined in 42 U.S.C. 6001, as amended, solely on the basis of a diagnosis of mental disorder or mental illness as defined in section 630.005 shall be served by appropriate a…

633.029. Definition to determine status of eligibility. — All persons determined eligible for services provided by the division of developmental disabilities prior to January 1, 1991, shall be eligible for services on the basis of their earlier determination of eligibility withou…

633.030. Department to develop state plan, contents. — 1. The department shall prepare a state plan to secure coordinated intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities habilitation services accessible to persons in need of them in defined geographic areas, which plan s…

633.032. Mental health department to develop a plan for the needs of persons on waitlist for services — report required, made to whom, when. — 1. The department of mental health shall develop a plan to address the needs of persons who are on a waitlist for services, including per…

633.033. Departments of mental health and social services to prepare plan for mental health services and support needs for children and persons seventeen years — report required when. — 1. The department of mental health and the department of social services shall jointly prepare…

633.035. Department director to establish regions. — The director shall divide the state into regions. The boundaries of such regions, to the extent practicable, shall be contiguous with relevant boundaries of political subdivisions and health service areas. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H…

633.040. Department director may establish regional councils — division director to appoint members — terms and qualifications of members. — 1. The director may establish regional councils in any of the regions. If a regional council is established in a region, the division direc…

633.045. Duties of regional advisory councils — plans. — 1. Any regional advisory councils established under section 633.040 shall participate in the preparation of regional plans and annually review, advise on and recommend them before they are transmitted to the state advisory …

633.050. Regional councils to review, advise and recommend — duties. — 1. In addition to such other advisory functions as may be agreed upon with the division, the regional advisory councils shall review and advise on programs and policies of the regional centers. The councils sh…

633.100. Department to establish regional centers. — The department shall establish regional centers in regions located throughout the state. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724)

633.105. Regional centers to secure services. — The regional centers shall be the entry and exit points in each region responsible for securing comprehensive intellectual disability and developmental disability services for clients of the department. The center shall carry out th…

633.110. What services may be provided — consent required, when. — 1. Any person suspected to have an intellectual disability or developmental disability shall be eligible for initial diagnostic and counseling services through the regional centers. 2. If it is determined by a reg…

633.115. Entities to be used by regional centers. — The regional center shall secure services for its clients in the least restrictive environment consistent with individualized habilitation plans. As a result of its comprehensive evaluation, the regional center shall utilize the…

633.120. Referral for admission to facility, when — admission or rejection, appeal — consent. — 1. A regional center may refer a client for admission to a developmental disability facility only if determined by a comprehensive evaluation that: (1) The person has a developmental d…

633.125. Discharge from facility, when — may be denied, procedure thereafter — referral to regional center for placement, when. — 1. A resident admitted to a developmental disability facility pursuant to section 633.120 shall be discharged immediately when the person who applied …

633.130. Evaluation of residents required — discharge thereafter. — 1. At least once every one hundred eighty days, the head of each developmental disability facility shall cause the condition and status of each resident to be reviewed and evaluated for the purpose of determining…

633.135. Refusal of consent for placement or discharge, effect — procedure — department director to make final determination — appeal, procedure — burden of proof. — 1. If a resident, or his parent if he is a minor, or his legal guardian refuses to consent to the proposed placeme…

633.140. Return of absentee, procedure. — 1. If any resident leaves a developmental disability facility without authorization, the sheriff of the county where the resident is found shall apprehend and return him to the center if requested to do so by the head of the facility. 2. …

633.145. Transfer of patient between facilities by department — notice, consent. — 1. The department may transfer a resident from one department developmental disability facility to another if the division director determines that such transfer is desirable to provide the residen…

633.150. Transfer of patient to mental health facility by head of developmental disability facility, how. — The head of a developmental disability facility may transfer a resident to a mental health facility only under the provisions of chapter 632. The director shall order that …

633.155. Admission for respite care for limited time only. — 1. The division may provide or obtain respite care for an intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled person for respite care of up to twenty-one days which may be extended up to an additional twenty-one days fo…

633.160. Emergency admission may be made, duration, conditions. — If a person presents himself, or is presented, to a regional center or department developmental disability facility and is determined to be intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled and, as a result, pres…

633.170. Definitions. — As used in sections 633.170 to 633.195* and section 208.500**, the following terms mean: (1) "Adult", a person eighteen years of age or older; (2) "Child", a person under the age of eighteen; (3) "Developmental disability", a disability which: (a) Is attri…

633.175. Community awareness program — administration of family support program. — 1. Each regional center established pursuant to the provisions of section 633.040 shall make its community aware of the family support program and determine eligibility for services. 2. Each region…

633.190. Promulgation of rules. — 1. The division of developmental disabilities, in cooperation with the Missouri planning council for developmental disabilities, shall adopt policies and procedures and, when necessary, shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding: (1) Progra…

633.200. Commission established, meetings — autism roadmap for Missouri, content — members — phases of work — report — completion dates for phases. — 1. For purposes of this section, the term "autism spectrum disorder" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the cur…

633.210. Office of autism services established, duties — autism spectrum disorder defined. — 1. There is hereby established in the department of mental health within the division of developmental disabilities, an "Office of Autism Services". The office of autism services, under t…

633.220. Definitions — programs for persons with autism to be established — state to be divided into regions, regional projects, purchase of services — regional councils — advisory committee, duties — rulemaking authority. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms sh…

633.300. Group homes and facilities subject to federal and state law — workers subject to training requirements — rulemaking authority. — 1. All group homes and developmental disability facilities as defined in section 633.005 shall be subject to all applicable federal and state …

633.303. Termination of workers on disqualification registry. — Any employee, including supervisory personnel, of a group home or developmental disability facility who has been placed on the disqualification registry pursuant to section 630.170 shall be terminated. Such requireme…

633.306. Comprehensive report required, contents — annual report to general assembly, contents. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2009, all mental health facilities shall, on an annual basis, submit a comprehensive report to the department on any staff and personnel turnover at the facil…

633.309. No transfer to homes or facilities with noncompliance notices. — The department of mental health shall not transfer any person to any group home or developmental disability facility that has received a notice of noncompliance, until there is an approved plan of correctio…

633.401. Definitions — assessment imposed, formula — rates of payment — fund created, use of moneys — record-keeping requirements — report — appeal process — rulemaking authority — expiration date. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Engaging in the …

633.420. Dyslexia defined — task force created, members, duties, recommendations — expiration date. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "dyslexia" means a disorder that is neurological in origin, characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition,…