2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 32A-6-10 — Individualized treatment or habilitation plans.

32A-6-10. Individualized treatment or habilitation plans.

A.     A preliminary treatment plan shall be prepared within seven days of a child's admission to a residential treatment or habilitation program.   

B.     An individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall be prepared within twenty-one days of a child's admission to a residential treatment or habilitation program.   

C.     Each child and the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian shall, to the maximum extent possible, be involved in the preparation of the child's own individualized treatment or habilitation plan.   

D.     Each individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall include:   

(1)     a statement of the nature of the specific problem and the specific needs of the child;   

(2)     a statement of the least restrictive conditions necessary to achieve the purposes of treatment or habilitation;   

(3)     a description of intermediate and long-range goals, with the projected timetable for their attainment;   

(4)     a statement and rationale for the plan of treatment or habilitation for achieving these intermediate and long-range goals;   

(5)     specification of staff responsibility and a description of the proposed staff involvement with the child in order to attain these goals;   

(6)     criteria for release to less restrictive settings for treatment or habilitation, criteria for discharge and a projected date for discharge; and   

(7)     if the child is an Indian child, an evaluation of the child's cultural needs and access to cultural practices and traditional treatment.   

E.     A treatment or habilitation plan for a resident child shall include:   

(1)     mental status examination;   

(2)     intellectual function assessment;   

(3)     psychological assessment that may include the use of psychological testing;   

(4)     educational assessment;   

(5)     vocational assessment;   

(6)     social assessment;   

(7)     medication assessment; and   

(8)     physical assessment.   

F.     The individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall be available upon request to the child, the child's parent if the parent has custody of the child, the child's attorney, the child's guardian or legal custodian, the child's guardian ad litem, any mental health or developmental disabilities professional designated by the child or the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian and the child's treatment guardian if one has been appointed.  The child's progress in attaining the goals and objectives set forth in his individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall be monitored and noted in his records and revisions in the plan may be made as circumstances require; provided that the persons authorized by this subsection to have access to the individualized plan shall be informed of major changes and shall have the opportunity to participate in the decision.  Nothing in this subsection shall require disclosure of information to a child or to the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian when the attending clinician believes that disclosure of that particular information would be damaging to the child and so records in the child's medical record.