Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Title 101 CMR 445.00 › Section 445.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in 101 CMR 445.00, unless the context requires
				otherwise, terms have the meanings in 101 CMR 445.02.
Client
. An individual receiving
				services purchased by a governmental unit.
Cost Report
. The document used to
				report costs and other financial and statistical data. The Uniform Financial
				Statements and Independent Auditor's Report (UFR) is used when required.
COVID-19 Payment Rate
. A rate that is
				intended to take into account the change in program model necessary due to
				COVID-19 requirements, which will be instituted at the discretion of the
				purchasing governmental unit.
Day Habilitation Program
. A
				structured, goal-oriented active treatment program of medically oriented,
				therapeutic, and habilitation services to raise recipients' levels of
				functioning and facilitate independent living and self-management in their
				communities.
Day Services (HCBS)
. A structured,
				site-based, group program for participants that fosters community integration
				and offers assistance with the acquisition, retention, or improvement in
				self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills, and that takes place in a
				nonresidential setting separate from the participant's private residence or
				other residential living arrangement. Services often include assistance to
				learn activities of daily living and functional skills; language and
				communication training; compensatory, cognitive and other strategies;
				interpersonal skills; prevocational skills; and recreational and socialization
				skills.
EOHHS
. The Executive Office of Health
				and Human Services established under M.G.L. c. 6A.
Governmental Unit
. The Commonwealth,
				any board, commission, department, division, or agency of the Commonwealth and
				any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
Prevocational Services
. A service that
				consists of a range of learning and experimental type activities that prepares
				a participant for paid or unpaid employment in an integrated, community
				setting. Services are not job-task oriented but instead, are aimed at a
				generalized result (
e.g
., attention span, motor skills). The
				service may include teaching such concepts as attendance, task completion,
				problem solving, and safety as well as social skills training, improving
				attention span, and developing or improving motor skills. Basic skill-building
				activities are expected to specifically involve strategies to enhance a
				participant's employability in integrated, community settings.
Provider
. Any individual, group,
				partnership, trust, corporation, or other legal entity that offers services for
				purchase by a governmental unit and that meets the conditions of purchase or
				licensure that have been adopted by a purchasing governmental unit.
Reporting Year
. The provider's fiscal
				year for which costs incurred are reported to the Operational Services Division
				on the Uniform Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report
				(UFR).
State Funding
. The aggregate state
				fiscal year amount of payments to a provider by a governmental unit for
				services purchased at rates established in 101 CMR 445.00. State funding does
				not include any amounts attributable to federal funding or grant funds.
Supported Employment Services
.
				Services that provide assistance to individuals or groups of individuals to
				help them prepare for, acquire, and maintain integrated employment in the
				community for clients that require provider support and/or
				supervision.