Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part I - Department of Human Services › Subpart E - Home and Community-based Services › Chapter 52 - LONG-TERM LIVING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 52.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
ADL-Activities of daily living
-The term
						includes eating, drinking, ambulating, transferring in and out of a bed or
						chair, toileting, bladder and bowel management, personal hygiene,
						self-administering medication and proper turning and positioning in a bed or
						chair.
Act 150
-A State-funded program under the
						Attendant Care Services Act (62 P. S. §§
												3051-3058).
Aging waiver
-A Federally-approved
						1915(c) waiver under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C.A
						§ 1396n(c) ) that authorizes services to participants 60 years of age or
						older.
Applicant
-An individual or legal entity
						in the process of enrolling as a provider.
Attendant Care waiver
-A
						Federally-approved 1915(c) waiver under section 1915(c) of the Social Security
						Act that authorizes services to participants 18 years of age or older but under
						60 years of age with physical disabilities.
Attestation engagement
-Financial
						services that result in the issuance of a report on a subject matter or an
						assertion about the subject matter that is the responsibility of another party.
						The term includes audits, examinations, reviews, compilations and agreed-upon
						procedures.
Back-up plan
-A component of the service
						plan that is comprised of the individualized back-up plan and the emergency
						back-up plan.
CAP-Corrective action plan
-A plan
						created by the provider or the Department to address provider noncompliance
						with this chapter.
CHAMPUS
-Civilian Health and Medical
						Program of Uniformed Services.
COMMCARE
-A Federally-approved 1915(c)
						waiver under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act called the Community
						Care waiver that authorizes services to participants 21 years of age and older
						with traumatic brain injuries.
Community transition service
-A one-time
						service which assists a participant to move from an institution to the
						participant's home, apartment or another noninstitu-tional living
						arrangement.
Community transition service provider
-A
						provider who renders community transition services.
Complaint
-Dissatisfaction with program
						operations, activities or services received, or not received, involving
						HCBS.
Critical incident
-An occurrence of an
						event that jeopardizes the participant's health or welfare including:
(i) Death, serious injury or hospitalization
					 of a participant. Pre-planned hospitalizations are not critical
					 incidents.
(ii) Provider and staff
					 member misconduct including deliberate, willful, unlawful or dishonest
					 activities.
(iii) Abuse, including
					 the infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, punishment or
					 mental anguish, of the participant. Abuse includes the following:
(A) Physical abuse.
(B) Psychological abuse.
(C) Sexual abuse.
(D) Verbal abuse.