Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65G - Agency for Persons with Disabilities › Chapter 65G-10 - PROVIDER TRAINING › Section 65G-10.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Agency" or "APD" means the Agency for
				Persons with Disabilities.
(2)
				"Basic Training" includes courses that any person who intends to become a
				Direct Service Provider for clients of the Agency must successfully complete
				before becoming a Direct Service Provider.
(3) "Competency-Based Assessment" is a test
				administered at the conclusion of a training course to determine if the trainee
				obtained the necessary knowledge, skill sets, and/or competencies to qualify as
				having successfully completed the participant's required training.
(4) "Consultant" shall have the same meaning
				as in the Consumer-Directed Care Plus Program Coverage, Limitations, and
				Reimbursement Handbook (CDC+ Handbook), as adopted by Rule
				 59G-13.088, Florida
				Administrative Code (F.A.C.). A Consultant is included within the meaning of
				Support Coordinator.
(5)
				"Consumer-Directed Care Plus Program" or "CDC+ Program" means a
				consumer-directed program that provides an alternative to the Medicaid State
				Plan and the Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver (also known as
				the iBudget Waiver). The CDC+ Program operates under the authority of section
				1915(j) of the Medicaid State Plan Amendment of the Social Security Act and is
				governed by Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 441, and Sections
				 409.221 and
				 393.0662(2) and
				(7), F.S.
(6) "Developmental Disabilities Individual
				Budgeting Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook" or "iBudget
				Handbook" refers to the handbook incorporated by reference in Rule
				 59G-13.070, F.A.C.
(7) "Direct Service Provider" means a person
				18 years of age or older who has direct face-to-face contact with a client
				while providing services to the client or has access to a client's living areas
				or to a client's funds or personal property.
(8) "Home and Community Based Services
				Waiver" or "Waiver" means the Medicaid waiver authorized by
				42 U.S.C.
				1396n(c) of the federal
				Social Security Act and Section
				 409.906, F.S., that provides
				Medicaid funding for home and community-based services to eligible persons with
				developmental disabilities who are eligible for Agency services and who live at
				home or in a home-like setting.
(9)
				"In-Service Training" also known as Continuing Education in certain
				professions, includes courses provided or approved by the Agency that must be
				taken on an annual or biannual basis in order to maintain the provider's status
				as a HCBS Waiver Direct Service Provider.
(10) "In-Service Training Credits" or
				"Credits" refer to the standard unit of measurement of coursework used for
				training and credential purposes.
(11) "Learning Management System" or "LMS"
				refers to an automated system used by the Agency to administer the learning
				process within an organization.
(12) "Medicaid Waiver Services Agreement" or
				"MWSA" means the contract between the Agency and providers of Medicaid Waiver
				services to Agency clients, as defined in Section
				 393.063(7),
				F.S.
(13) "Pre-Service Training"
				includes service-specific courses that must be taken prior to becoming a
				support coordinator and after completion of the required Basic
				Training.
(14) "Qualified
				Organization" shall have the same meaning as in Section
				 393.0663(2),
				F.S.
(15) "Quality Improvement
				Organization" or "QIO" means a group of health quality experts, clinicians, and
				consumers contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration and
				organized to improve the quality of care delivered to Agency clients.
(16) "Regional Office" means one of the
				Agency's offices serving a Region. The contact information for each Regional
				Office is designated on the Agency's website.
(17) "Service Specific Training" includes
				courses that must be taken prior to or within a short specific time period of
				becoming a HCBS Waiver Direct Service Provider and is specific to the service
				one is authorized to provide, as designated in these rules and the
				Handbook.
(18) "Support
				Coordinator" which is also known as "waiver support coordinator" or "WSC",
				shall have the same meaning as defined in Section
				 393.063(42),
				F.S. For the purposes of this rule, this definition includes consultant as
				defined in the CDC+ Handbook as incorporated in Rule
				 59G-13.088, F.A.C.
(19) "Trainee" means a person who receives
				training from Agency Staff.
(20)
				This rule is in effect for five years from its effective
				date.
Rulemaking Authority
					 393.0663(5),
					 393.501(1),
					 393.066(8) FS.
					 Law Implemented  393.066(2),
					  393.0663,
					  393.063 FS.
New 7-1-21.