Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5123:2 - Community Services › Chapter 5123:2-9 - Home and Community-Based Services Waivers › Section 5123:2-9-27 - Home and community-based services waivers - emergency assistance under the level one waiver

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Purpose
This rule sets forth coverage and
				eligibility for emergency assistance under the level one
				waiver.
(B)
								 Definitions
(1)
			 
									"County board" means a county board of
			 developmental disabilities.
(2)
									 "Department"
			 means the Ohio department of developmental disabilities.
(3)
									 "Emergency
			 assistance" means an increased amount of environmental accessibility
			 adaptations, homemaker/personal care, informal respite, personal emergency
			 response systems, remote monitoring, remote monitoring equipment, residential
			 respite, specialized medical equipment and supplies, or transportation
			 necessary to support an individual in an emergency situation.
(4)
									 "Environmental
			 accessibility adaptations" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-23
			 of the Administrative Code.
(5)
									
			 "Homemaker/personal care" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-30
			 of the Administrative Code.
(6)
									 "Individual"
			 means a person with a developmental disability or for purposes of giving,
			 refusing to give, or withdrawing consent for services, his or her guardian in
			 accordance with section
			 5126.043 of the Revised Code or
			 other person authorized to give consent.
(7)
									 "Individual
			 service plan" means the written description of services, supports, and
			 activities to be provided to an individual.
(8)
									 "Informal
			 respite" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-21
			 of the Administrative Code.
(9)
									 "Intermediate
			 care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" has the same
			 meaning as in section
			 5124.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(10)
									 "Personal emergency response systems" has the same
			 meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-26
			 of the Administrative Code.
(11)
									 "Remote
			 monitoring" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-35
			 of the Administrative Code.
(12)
									 "Remote
			 monitoring equipment" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-35
			 of the Administrative Code.
(13)
									 "Residential
			 respite" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-34
			 of the Administrative Code.
(14)
									 "Service and
			 support administrator" means a person, regardless of title, employed by or
			 under contract with a county board to perform the functions of service and
			 support administration who holds the appropriate certification in accordance
			 with rule
			 5123:2-5-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(15)
									 "Specialized
			 medical equipment and supplies" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-25
			 of the Administrative Code.
(16)
									 "Three-year
			 period" means the three-year period beginning with the individual's initial
			 enrollment date and ending three years later. Subsequent three-year periods
			 begin with the ending date of the previous three-year period and end three
			 years later.
(17)
									 "Transportation" has the same meaning as in rule
			 5123:2-9-24
			 of the Administrative Code.
(18)
									 "Waiver
			 eligibility span" means the twelve-month period following either an
			 individual's initial enrollment date or a subsequent eligibility
			 re-determination date.