14-191 C.M.R. ch. 8, § 1 - Authorized Status

A. Any community based agency, hereinafter "agency", providing rehabilitation and/or habilitation day program services for adults must be authorized in order to continue receiving funds from the Bureau of Mental Retardation (BMR), The Bureau of Mental Health (BMH), or the Bureau of Rehabilitation (BR), hereinafter "Bureau(s)".

B. Funding means:

1. The Bureau of Mental Retardation's award of a community based mental retardation services contract; and/or

2. The Bureau of Rehabilitation's authorization for the Agency to receive funds for the purchase of vocational rehabilitation services for eligible individuals. Authorization is not a commitment by BR to sponsor clients at the authorized agency; and/or

3. The Bureau of Mental Health's award of a community based mental health services contract.

C. Authorization requires the agency to participate in a non-site review conducted by:

1. A nationally recognized accrediting organization when the funding Bureaus deem such standards appropriate to review the specific programs offered by the agency, or

2. Funding Bureau(s), via an in-state process, when:

a. there are no relevant national standards deemed appropriate by the funding Bureau(s) to review specific programs, or

b. the funding Bureau(s) determines that an accreditation survey would not be cost-effective, based on the size of the program offered.

D. An agency accredited by an organization that has been awarded deemed status as described in section 2.A. shell be authorized to receive funding.

E. Agencies that are required to be reviewed under section 1.C.1. must be formally accredited by January, 1990 in order to be authorized for funding.

F. An agency shall retain its authorized status until the expiration date of its accreditation period, or until the next scheduled in-state review, provided the agency is in compliance with section 4.

G. Newly developed facilities or programs may be given a one year provisional authorization to provide services and shall be reviewed by an in-state survey team. At the end of the provisional period, the agency must formally initiate the appropriate process to comply with section 1.C.

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14-191 C.M.R. ch. 8, § 1