Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 2 › Subtitle 09 - MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS › Chapter 10.09.40 - Early Intervention Service Coordination › Section 10.09.40.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				  chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Department" means the Department as
				  defined in COMAR
				  10.09.36.01A.
(2) "Developmental areas" means
				  cognitive development, physical development (including fine and gross motor and
				  sensory development), speech and language development, psychological
				  development, and self-help skills.
(3) "Developmental delay" has the meaning stated in
				  COMAR 13A.13.01.03B.
(4) "Early
				  intervention services" means services defined in COMAR 13A.13.01.03B(15) that:
(a) Are designed to meet the developmental
				  needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities;
(b) Are provided under public supervision and
				  in conformity with an IFSP; and
(c)
				  Meet applicable State and federal standards.
(5) "Early intervention service coordination" means
				  the coordination of services covered under this chapter.
(6) "Family" means those individuals with
				  whom a participant resides, who are responsible for the participant, are the
				  primary nurturing caregivers, and have assumed major, long-term roles in the
				  infant or toddler's daily life.
(7)
				  "Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)" means a participant's written plan
				  for early intervention services which is developed or revised by a
				  multidisciplinary team based on the results of a multidisciplinary assessment
				  or reassessment and is documented in accordance with guidelines issued by the
				  Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program.
(8) "Local health department" means the
				  public health services agency in each county and Baltimore City, which receives
				  State and local government funding to ensure that basic public health services
				  in the areas of personal and environmental health are available in each
				  jurisdiction.
(9) "Maryland
				  Infants and Toddlers Program" means the program designated by the Governor
				  under Executive Order
				  01.01.1988.15 to plan, develop,
				  and implement a Statewide, coordinated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary,
				  interagency plan for early intervention services in Maryland.
(10) "Medical Assistance Program" means the
				  Medical Assistance Program as defined in COMAR
				  10.09.36.01A.
(11) "Medically necessary" has the
				  meaning stated in COMAR
				  10.09.36.01A.
(12) "Multidisciplinary assessment
				  or reassessment" means the process used by a participant's multidisciplinary
				  team to review the child's unique needs, the family's ability to assist in
				  meeting needs related to the child's development, and the nature and extent of
				  early intervention and other services needed by the child.
(13) "Multidisciplinary team" means the involvement of
				  two or more disciplines or professions in the provision of integrated and
				  coordinated services, including evaluation and assessment activities and the
				  development of the IFSP.
(14)
				  "Parent"
(15) "Participant" means
				  a federally qualified recipient:
(a) Who is
				  aged birth to the beginning of the school year following the child's fourth
				  birthday;
(b) Whose parents have
				  provided written consent for the use of public benefits consistent with COMAR
				  13A.13.01.12;
(c) Who is not
				  receiving the same service coordination services under another Program
				  authority; and
(d) Who is defined
				  as a child with a developmental delay as defined in COMAR 13A.13.01.03.
(16) "Program" means
				  the Program as defined in COMAR
				  10.09.36.01A.
(17) "Provider" means an early
				  intervention service coordination provider.
(18) "Service coordination" means the
				  services provided, as part of the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program, which
				  assists participants in gaining access to the full range of Medical Assistance
				  services, as well as to any additional needed medical, social, mental health,
				  financial assistance, counseling, educational, and other support
				  services.
(19) "Service
				  coordinator" means an individual who:
(a) Is
				  utilized by the provider and chosen by the participant's parent;
(b) Is designated to carry out the IFSP
				  service coordination activities;
(c) Meets the requirements in Regulation .03C
				  of this chapter; and
(d) Provides
				  the services specified in Regulation .04 of this chapter.
(20) "Telehealth" has the meaning as stated
				  in COMAR 10.09.49.02.