Section 24-1-5.4 - Plan of growth; requirements; reporting.
24-1-5.4. Plan of growth; requirements; reporting.
No later than January 1, 1999 the human services department and the department of health shall develop a plan with approval of the first session of the forty-fourth legislature to control growth of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded and clarify the role of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in the developmental disabilities care system. The plan shall include fiscal, geographical, service and access criteria necessary to provide for the needs of individuals in need of such facilities and shall be in accordance with the freedom of choice provisions of Title XIX of the Social Security Act. The departments shall present a joint report and legislative recommendations on growth of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded to the interim legislative health and human services committee no later than October 1, 1998.