Which statement is true about the Consumer-Directed Service option and extending service plans?

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Which statement is true about the Consumer-Directed Service option and extending service plans?

Under the Consumer-Directed option, service plans are built for a defined period and aren’t extended. When needs continue beyond the original plan, the correct approach is to develop a new service plan or reauthorize the plan through the standard planning process, so review, budgeting, and supports are reassessed. This is why the statement that you cannot extend service plans is the best fit: extensions would bypass the planned review cycle and funding controls. The idea that extensions are allowed (with or without Department approval) or that extensions could be unlimited doesn't align with how these plans are structured, which rely on periodic evaluation and reset.

Under the Consumer-Directed option, service plans are built for a defined period and aren’t extended. When needs continue beyond the original plan, the correct approach is to develop a new service plan or reauthorize the plan through the standard planning process, so review, budgeting, and supports are reassessed.

This is why the statement that you cannot extend service plans is the best fit: extensions would bypass the planned review cycle and funding controls. The idea that extensions are allowed (with or without Department approval) or that extensions could be unlimited doesn't align with how these plans are structured, which rely on periodic evaluation and reset.

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