Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.40 - SENIOR AND LONG TERM CARE SERVICES › Subchapter 37.40.14 - Home and Community-Based Services › Rule 37.40.1402 - HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON: DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) "Adult
				residential care" means a residential habilitation option for consumers
				residing in an adult foster home, a residential hospice, or an assisted living
				facility.
(2) "Case management"
				means a service that provides the planning for, arranging for, implementation
				of, and monitoring of the delivery of services available through the program to
				a consumer.
(3) "Community
				supports" means services that are inclusive of personal assistant services
				(Attendant PAS and Socialization/Supervision PAS), homemaker, chore,
				transportation, and respite type services.
(4) "Community transitions services" means
				nonrecurring set-up expenses for individuals who are transitioning from an
				institutional or other provider-operated living arrangement to a living
				arrangement in a private residence where the person is directly responsible for
				his or her own living expenses.
(5)
				"Consultative clinical and therapeutic services" means services that assist
				unpaid and/or paid caregivers in carrying out individual service plans and are
				necessary to improve the individual's independence and inclusion in the
				community.
(6) "Consumer-directed
				goods and services" means services, supports, supplies, or goods not otherwise
				provided through this waiver or the Medicaid state plan.
(7) "Family training and support" means a
				service that provides training to families and others who work or play with a
				child with a disability.
(8)
				"Financial management services" means services provided by an individual called
				a financial manager who provides finance, employer, payroll, and related
				functions for the consumer or personal representative.
(9) "Habilitation" means the provision of
				intervention services designed for assisting a consumer to acquire, retain, and
				improve the self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills necessary to reside
				successfully at home and in the community.
(10) "Health and wellness" means services
				that assist consumers in acquiring, retaining, and improving self-help,
				socialization, and adaptive skills to reside successfully in the
				community.
(11) "Homemaker chore"
				means services provided for individuals who are unable to manage their own home
				or when the consumer, normally responsible for homemaking, is absent.
(12) "Independence advisor services" means
				services that provide an array of consumer-directed support activities to
				ensure the ability of consumers to direct their care successfully.
(13) "Nonmedical transportation" means the
				provision to a consumer of transportation through common carrier or private
				vehicle for access to social or other nonmedical activities.
(14) "Pain and symptom management" means a
				service that allows the provision of traditional and nontraditional methods of
				pain management.
(15) "Participant
				direction" means an option available to individuals who elect to direct their
				own care and that participants, or their representatives, have decision-making
				authority over certain services and take direct responsibility to manage their
				services with the assistance of a system of available support.
(16) "Personal assistant services" (PAS) is
				defined at
				53-6-145,
				MCA and includes attendant PAS and socialization/supervision PAS.
(17) "Post-acute rehabilitation services"
				means the provision of therapeutic intervention to a consumer with a brain
				injury or other related disability in a residential or nonresidential
				setting.
(18) "Respite care" means
				the provision of supportive care to a consumer to relieve those unpaid persons
				normally caring for the consumer from that responsibility.
(19) "Senior companion" means services
				directed at providing companionship and assistance.
(20) "Serious occurrence" means a significant
				event which affects the health, welfare, and safety of an individual served in
				home and community-based services. The department has established a system of
				reporting and monitoring serious incidents that involve consumers served by the
				program in order to identify, manage, and mitigate overall risk to the
				individual.
(21) "Service plans"
				means a written plan of supports and interventions based on an assessment of
				the status and needs of a consumer.
(22) "Specialized child care for medically
				fragile children" means the provision of day care, respite care, and other
				direct and supportive care to a consumer under 18 years of age who is medically
				fragile and who, due to medical and other needs, cannot be served through
				traditional child care settings.
(23) "Specially trained attendant care" means
				an option under personal assistance that is the provision of supportive
				services to a consumer residing in their own residence.
(24) "Supported living" means the provision
				of supportive services to a recipient residing in an individual residence or in
				a group living situation. It is a comprehensive service designed to support a
				person with brain injury or other severe disability.
53-2-201,
					 53-6-101,
					 53-6-111,
					 53-6-113,
					 53-6-402,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 53-2-201,
					 53-6-101,
					 53-6-111,
					 53-6-402,
					 MCA;