LAC 48:I.6285. General Provisions

A. Location of Therapeutic Group Homes. To ensure a more home-like setting, the TGH shall be located in a residential community to facilitate community integration through public education, recreation, and maintenance of family connections as applicable. The setting shall be geographically situated to allow ongoing participation of the child’s family. The child or adolescent shall attend a school in the community (e.g., a school integrated with children not from the institution and not on the institution’s campus). In this setting, the child or adolescent remains involved in community-based activities and may attend a community educational, vocational program or other treatment setting. 1. The child or adolescent may attend school in an alternative setting, as approved by the local parish school board and in accordance with state law, as applicable. B. The living setting shall more closely resemble normal family existence than would be possible in a larger facility or institution. C. Providers shall develop an environment conducive to the client safely restoring previous levels of functioning and enhancing existing levels of functioning. In addition the provider shall maintain a community-based non-institutional environment. D. The TGH shall have an effective pest control plan.