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members toward objectives and time frames for the periodic review. (c) A facility shall invite the child, the child’s parent, placement worker, therapist, and school representative to participate as members of a treatment team and to assist in the development of the treatment plan and all subsequent revisions. (d) A facility shall inform each staff member working with the child about the child’s treatment plan, results of plan reviews, and updates and any changes in goals, objectives, techniques, or procedures. A facility shall ensure that staff who work with a child follow and implement the child’s treatment plan. (e) A facility shall review each child’s plan at least every three months. This review must include
(1) an evaluation of the progress toward meeting identified specific needs and goals;
(2) identification of any new specific needs and goals determined since the plan was developed or last reviewed and strategies to meet the specific needs and goals; and
(3) an update of the child’s estimated length of stay and plans for the child’s discharge, if changed. (f) A facility shall document in the child’s record the reasons for retaining the child in the facility if, since the treatment plan was developed or last reviewed, a child shows limited progress toward achieving goals and objectives. (g) A facility shall give a copy of a child’s treatment plan or summary, plan review and updated plan, or summary of the review and updated plan to the child, if appropriate, and to the child’s parent and placement worker. If the plan or update is not shared with the child, the child’s record must reflect satisfactory justification for this decision, such as the child’s mental capacity. (Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 50.330, by substituting a reference to AS 47.32.030 (centralized licensing) for the reference to AS 47.35.010, a statute that was repealed in 2005.