§752. Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the council shall include but not be limited to the
following:
(1)To assist in the development of state plans to include the
establishment of goals and priorities for meeting the needs of persons with
developmental disabilities.
(2)To review programs and policies that affect persons with
developmental disabilities, identify gaps and barriers to services, and assist in
prevention of duplicative programs and services.
(3)To promote public understanding of the needs and contributions of
persons with developmental disabilities.
(4)To develop, maintain, and disseminate information models,
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to enhance assistance and
opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities.
(5)To collaborate with the Lo
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§752. Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the council shall include but not be limited to the
following:
(1) To assist in the development of state plans to include the
establishment of goals and priorities for meeting the needs of persons with
developmental disabilities.
(2) To review programs and policies that affect persons with
developmental disabilities, identify gaps and barriers to services, and assist in
prevention of duplicative programs and services.
(3) To promote public understanding of the needs and contributions of
persons with developmental disabilities.
(4) To develop, maintain, and disseminate information models,
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to enhance assistance and
opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities.
(5) To collaborate with the Louisiana Protection and Advocacy System.
(6) To collaborate with the University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service.
(7) To promote legislation to improve services to persons with
developmental disabilities and monitor the passage and implementation of
legislation affecting persons with developmental disabilities.
(8) To monitor the provision of services to persons with developmental
disabilities.
(9) To provide funding to state and local agencies to demonstrate
innovative ways to enhance the independence, productivity, and integration
into the community of persons with developmental disabilities.
(10) To develop a council plan annually which contains goals and
objectives for the council.
(11) To monitor and evaluate at least annually the implementation of
the council's plan.
(12) To report regularly to the secretary of the Louisiana Department
of Health, the governor, the legislature, and other state agencies and
organizations on the progress of programs for persons with developmental
disabilities.
(13) To enhance coordination among public and private agencies by
conducting studies and developing model policies and procedures.
(14) To train persons with developmental disabilities, family members,
and personnel, to obtain access to or to provide services and other assistance,
including specialized services, or special adaptations of generic services for
persons with developmental disabilities and their families.
(15) To develop and monitor implementation of the Community and
Family Support System plan (R.S. 28:821 et seq.).
(16) To administer the federal Developmental Disabilities Act in the
state.
(17) The council shall implement the state plan by conducting and
supporting advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities such
as those described below:
(a) The council may support and conduct outreach activities to identify
individuals with developmental disabilities and their families who otherwise
might not come to the attention of the council and assist and enable the
individuals and families to obtain services, individualized support, and other
forms of assistance, including access to special adaptation of generic
community services or specialized services.
(b) The council may support and conduct training for persons who are
individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and personnel,
including professionals, paraprofessionals, students, volunteers, and other
community members, to enable such persons to obtain access to, or to provide,
community services, individualized support, and other forms of assistance,
including special adaptation of generic community services or specialized
services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. To
the extent that the council supports or conducts training activities under this
Subparagraph, such activities shall contribute to the achievement of the
purpose of this Chapter.
(c) The council may support and conduct technical assistance activities
to assist public and private entities to contribute to the achievement of the
purpose of this Chapter.
(d) The council may support and conduct activities to assist
neighborhoods and communities to respond positively to individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families:
(i) By encouraging local networks to provide informal and formal
supports.
(ii) Through education.
(iii) By enabling neighborhoods and communities to offer such
individuals and their families access to and use of services, resources, and
opportunities.
(e) The council may support and conduct activities to promote
interagency collaboration and coordination to better serve, support, assist, or
advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
(f) The council may support and conduct activities to enhance
coordination of services with:
(i) Other councils, entities, or committees, authorized by federal or
state law concerning individuals with disabilities, such as the state interagency
coordinating council established under Subtitle (C) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq., the State Rehabilitation
Council and the Statewide Independent Living Council established under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq., the state mental health
planning council established under Subtitle (B) of Title XIX of the Public
Health Service Act , 42 U.S.C. 300x-1 et seq., and the activities authorized
under Section 101 or 102 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, 29 U.S.C.
3011, 3012, and entities carrying out other similar councils, entities, or
committees.
(ii) Parent training and information centers under Part (D) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and other
entities carrying out federally funded projects that assist parents of children
with disabilities.
(iii) Other groups interested in advocacy, capacity building, and
systemic change activities to benefit individuals with disabilities.
(g) The council may support and conduct activities to eliminate barriers
to access and use of community services by individuals with developmental
disabilities, enhance systems design and redesign, and enhance citizen
participation to address issues identified in the state plan.
(h) The council may support and conduct activities to educate the
public about the capabilities, preferences, and needs of individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families and to develop and support
coalitions that support the policy agenda of the council, including training in
self-advocacy, education of policymakers, and citizen leadership skills.
(i) The council may support and conduct activities to provide
information to policymakers by supporting and conducting studies and
analysis, gathering information, and developing and disseminating model
policies and procedures, information, approaches, strategies, findings,
conclusions, and recommendations. The council may provide the information
directly to federal, state, and local policymakers, including congress, the
federal executive branch, the governors, state legislatures, and state agencies,
in order to increase the ability of such policymakers to offer opportunities and
to enhance or adapt generic services to meet the needs of, or provide
specialized services to, individuals with developmental disabilities and their
families.
(j) The council may support and conduct, on a time-limited basis,
activities to demonstrate new approaches to serving individuals with
developmental disabilities that are a part of an overall strategy for systemic
change. The strategy may involve the education of policymakers and the
public about how to deliver effectively, to individuals with developmental
disabilities and their families, services, supports, and assistance that contribute
to the achievement of the purpose of this Chapter. The council may carry out
the provisions of this Subparagraph by supporting and conducting
demonstration activities through sources of funding other than funding
provided under this Chapter, and by assisting entities conducting
demonstration activities to develop strategies for securing funding from other
sources.
(k) The council may support and conduct other advocacy, capacity
building, and systemic change activities to promote the development of a
coordinated, consumer and family-centered, consumer and family-directed,
comprehensive system of community services, individualized supports, and
other forms of assistance that contribute to the achievement of the purpose of
this Chapter.