(a) âEnhanced behavioral supports homeâ means a facility certified by the State Department of Developmental Services and licensed by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1567.62 of the Health and Safety Code as an adult residential facility or a group home that provides 24-hour nonmedical care to individuals with developmental disabilities who require enhanced behavioral supports, staffing, and supervision in a homelike setting. An enhanced behavioral supports home shall have a maximum capacity of four consumers, and shall conform to Section 441.530(a)(1) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The enhanced behavioral support home shall be eligible for federal Medicaid home- and community-based services funding, unless the State Department of Developmental Services approves the use of delayed egress devices with secured perimeters to be utilized at the enhanced behavioral supports home pursuant to Section 1531.15 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) âEnhanced behavioral services and supportsâ means additional staffing supervision, facility characteristics, or other services and supports to address a consumerâs challenging behaviors, which are beyond what is typically available in other community facilities licensed as an adult residential facility or a group home to serve individuals in a community setting rather than an institution. (c) âIndividual behavior supports planâ means the plan that identifies and documents the behavior and intensive support and service needs of a consumer and details the strategies to be employed and services to be provided to address those needs, and includes the entity responsible for providing those services and timelines for when each identified individual behavior support will commence. (d) âIndividual behavior supports teamâ means those individuals who develop, monitor, and revise the individual behavior supports plan for consumers residing in an enhanced behavioral supports home. The team shall, at a minimum, be composed of all of the following individuals: (1) Regional center service coordinator and other regional center representatives, as necessary. (2) Consumer and, where appropriate, his or her conservator or authorized representative. (3) Service providerâs board-certified behavior analyst or qualified behavior modification professional. (4) Enhanced behavioral supports home administrator. (5) Regional center clientsâ rights advocate, unless the consumer objects on his or her own behalf to participation by the clientsâ rights advocate. (6) Others deemed necessary by the consumer, or his or her conservator or authorized representative, for developing a comprehensive and effective individual behavior supports plan.
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