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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 637

(3) ACCEPTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS FOR SERVICES.

(B) THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AND FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, BUT WHO ARE ELIGIBLE SOLELY FOR
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT SERVICES, SHALL BE SEPARATE.

7-402.

APPLICATION FOR SERVICES MAY BE MADE AS PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBTITLE:

(1)  BY THE INDIVIDUAL, IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS AN ADULT;
OR

(2)  BY ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS A LEGITIMATE INTEREST
IN THE WELFARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

7-403.

(A)  AN APPLICANT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED OR FUNDED, WHOLLY OR
PARTLY, BY THIS STATE SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE
DEPARTMENT IN WRITING. THE APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE
INFORMATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES.

(B)  WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES AN
APPLICATION FOR SERVICES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, THE SECRETARY ON THE
BASIS OF THE APPLICATION SHALL:

(1)  DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A REASONABLE
LIKELIHOOD THAT THE INDIVIDUAL:

(I)  HAS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; OR

(II)  DOES NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY,
BUT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION; AND

(2)  IF A POSITIVE DETERMINATION IS MADE UNDER ITEMS
(I) OR (II) OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION:

(I)  APPROVE THE APPLICATION;

(II)  DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE DISABILITY;

(III)  DETERMINE THE NATURE OF SERVICES THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL MAY REQUIRE;

(IV)  DETERMINE THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
ANY NEEDED SERVICES COULD BE PROVIDED WITH THE LEAST RESTRICTION
ON THE LIBERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL;

(V)  DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF EVALUATIONS, IF
ANY, THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIRES;