Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Title 101 CMR 419.00 - Rates For Supported Employment Services › Section 419.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				101 CMR
				419.00, unless the context requires otherwise, terms
				have the meanings in
				101
				CMR 419.02.
Client
. A person who receives
				supported employment 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.
Enhanced Staffing Rates for Higher Intensity
				Clients
. These rates allow, under certain circumstances and based
				on assessed need, the targeted provision of one-to-one or one-to-three staffing
				ratio supports to individual program participants who require more staffing
				than the base rate provides in group supported employment services. These rates
				are not intended to be used to address typical program need
				fluctuations.
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.
Group Supported Employment Services
.
				Supports provided to a small group of clients working in a competitive
				environment, usually not at the provider site. The clients are usually
				employees of the provider agency and are often paid and receive benefits from
				that provider. These services emphasize work in integrated environments and may
				include small groups in industry (also called enclaves), mobile work crews, and
				provider-run businesses.
High-intensity/Specialized Program
				Rates
. These rates are restricted in use for exceptional purposes
				for certain high-intensity programs supporting specialty populations receiving
				group supported employment services. These rates apply only in cases in which
				it is determined that programs require significant additional supervisory
				resources, staff with higher skill levels and qualifications, increased
				staffing ratios, and specialized consulting and/or clinical supports. Examples
				may include programs supporting individuals with forensic involvement or
				serious behavioral issues.
Individual Supported Employment
				Services
. Supports provided to a client on a one-to-one basis to
				assist the client to obtain and maintain a job at a business in the community.
				The client is hired and paid by the employer at competitive wages. These
				services may include assessment, career planning, skills training, job
				development and placement, job coaching at the job site, and ongoing supportive
				services to assist the client to successfully maintain employment.
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).
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.
Transportation to Individual Job
				Sites
. This service applies to individuals in individual supported
				employment services who are working at a business in the community and require
				ongoing rides/transportation from the provider to their job to maintain their
				employment, and are not able to transport themselves to and from work
				successfully. This service must be used only after all other public,
				para-transit, and private transportation options have been pursued.