Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Title 101 CMR 362.00 - Rates for Community Support Program Services › Section 362.02 - General Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Meaning of Terms
. As used in
				101 CMR
				362.00, terms have the meanings set forth in
				101
				CMR 362.02 unless stated otherwise. In
				addition to the general definitions contained in
				101 CMR
				362.00, terms used in
				101 CMR
				362.00 have the meaning set forth in
				101
				CMR 362.02.
Community Support Program (CSP or the
				Program)
. Behavioral health diversionary services through
				community-based, mobile, paraprofessional staff to members, as set forth in
				130 CMR
				461.000:
Community Support Program
				Services
.
Community Support Program for Homeless Individuals
				(CSP-HI)
. A specialized CSP service to address the health-related
				social needs of members who are experiencing
(a) homelessness and are frequent users of
			 acute health MassHealth services, as defined by EOHHS; or
(b) chronic homelessness, as defined by the
			 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Community Support Program for Justice Involved
				(CSP-JI)
. A specialized CSP service to address the health-related
				social needs of members with justice involvement and have a barrier to
				accessing or consistently utilizing medical and behavioral health services, as
				defined by EOHHS. CSP-JI includes behavioral health and community tenure
				sustainment supports.
Community Support Program-tenancy Preservation
				Program (CSP-TPP)
. A specialized CSP service to address the
				health-related social needs of members who are at risk of homelessness and
				facing eviction as a result of behavior related to a disability. CSP-TPP works
				with the member, the Housing Court, and the member's landlord to preserve
				tenancies by connecting the member to community-based services in order to
				address the underlying issues causing the lease violation.
Eligible Provider
. A community support
				program that meets the conditions of participation that have been adopted by a
				governmental unit purchasing community support program services.
EOHHS
. The Executive Office of Health
				and Human Services established under M.G.L. c.6A.
Eviction
. The process of obtaining a
				court order to remove a tenant and other occupants from a rental property
				including serving either a Notice to Quit or a request for temporary,
				preliminary, or permanent relief. Eviction may also refer to any instance in
				which such relief has been granted.
Governmental Unit
. The Commonwealth,
				any department, agency, board, commission, division, or political subdivision
				of the Commonwealth.
Homelessness
. The condition of any
				member who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and who
				has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not
				designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human
				beings including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station,
				airport, or camping group, or who is living in a supervised publicly or
				privately operated emergency shelter designated to provide temporary living
				arrangements, including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels
				and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local
				government programs for low-income individuals. This includes those members who
				are exiting an institution (
e.g
., jail, hospital) where they
				resided for 90 days or less and were residing in an emergency shelter or place
				not meant for human habitation immediately before entering the
				institution.
Justice Involvement or Justice
				Involved
. A member with justice involvement is a member who is a
				former inmate or detainee of a correctional institution who has been released
				from a correctional institution within the past year; or an individual under
				the supervision of the Massachusetts Probation Service, Massachusetts Parole
				Board, or both, as determined by the Massachusetts Probation Service or the
				Massachusetts Parole Board.
Per Diem
. A unit of
				payment that refers to a billable day in which the member is enrolled in the
				program.
Publicly Aided Individual
. A person
				who receives health care and services for which a governmental unit is in whole
				or in part liable under a statutory program.
Telehealth
. The use of synchronous or
				asynchronous audio, video, electronic media, or other telecommunications
				technology including, but not limited to:
(a) interactive audio-video
			 technology;
(b) remote patient
			 monitoring devices;
(c) audio-only
			 telephone; and
(d) online adaptive
			 interviews, for the purpose of evaluating, diagnosing, consulting, prescribing,
			 treating or monitoring a patient's physical health, oral health, mental health,
			 or substance use disorder condition.