(vi) Family counseling (the primary 
purpose of which is treatment of the indi-
vidual’s condition). 
(vii) Patient training and education 
(to the extent that training and edu-
cational activities are closely and clearly 
related to the individual’s care and treat-
ment). 
(viii) Diagnostic services. 
(D) PROGRAMS
DESCRIBED.—A program 
described in this subparagraph is a program 
(whether facility-based or freestanding) which is 
furnished by an entity— 
(i) legally authorized to furnish such a 
program under State law (or the State reg-
ulatory mechanism provided by State law) 
or certified to furnish such a program by 
an appropriate accreditation entity ap-
proved by the State in consultation with 
the Secretary; and 
(ii) meeting such other requirements 
as the Secretary may impose to assure the 
quality of the intensive community-based 
services provided. 
(g) CARE COORDINATION SERVICES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In this title, the term ‘‘care 
coordination services’’ means services provided by 
care coordinators (as defined in paragraph (2)) to 
individuals described in paragraph (3) for the co-
ordination and monitoring of home and community- 
based long term care services to ensure appropriate, 
cost-effective utilization of such services in a com-
prehensive and continuous manner, and includes— 
(A) transition management between inpa-
tient facilities and community-based services, 
including assisting patients in identifying and 
gaining access to appropriate ancillary services; 
and 
(B) evaluating and recommending appro-
priate treatment services, in cooperation with 
patients and other providers and in conjunction 
with any quality review program or plan of care 
under section 205. 
(2) CARE COORDINATOR.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In this title, the term 
‘‘care coordinator’’ means an individual or non-
profit or public agency or organization which 
the State health security program determines— 
(i) is capable of performing directly, 
efficiently, and effectively the duties of a 
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care coordinator described in paragraph 
(1); and 
(ii) demonstrates capability in estab-
lishing and periodically reviewing and re-
vising plans of care, and in arranging for 
and monitoring the provision and quality 
of services under any plan. 
(B) INDEPENDENCE.—State health secu-
rity programs shall establish safeguards to as-
sure that care coordinators have no financial in-
terest in treatment decisions or placements. 
Care coordination may not be provided through 
any structure or mechanism through which 
quality review is performed. 
(3) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual de-
scribed in this paragraph is an individual described 
in section 203 (relating to individuals qualifying for 
long term and chronic care services). 
(h) DENTAL SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this title, subject to sub-
section (b), the term ‘‘dental services’’ means the 
following: 
(A) Emergency dental treatment, including 
extractions, for bleeding, pain, acute infections, 
and injuries to the maxillofacial region. 
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