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37.34.941    MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM: HABILITATION SERVICES, DEFINITION

(1) Habilitation services are services that stimulate and maintain the development of a recipient's skills or that reduce behaviors which interfere with the recipient's development.

(2) Habilitation services may include:

(a) intense training required to alleviate severe skill deficits;

(b) on-going, supervised intervention for significant behavior problems;

(c) substantial care needed for medical problems which do not preclude habilitation;

(d) intensive daily care required because of the severity of the recipient's disability and provided by foster parents or other caregivers;

(e) individual habilitation programs carried out by foster parents or other caregivers;

(f) pre-vocational services; and

(g) supported employment services, which provide the opportunity to work for pay in regular employment, to integrate with non-disabled persons who are not paid caregivers, and to receive long term support in order to retain the employment.

(3) Pre-vocational services, or work or day services as provided in ARM 37.34.2111 are services that support habilitative goals necessary for further vocational development. Pre-vocational services prepare a recipient for paid or unpaid employment. Pre-vocational services are not intended to develop specific job skills. Pre-vocational services may include:

(a) training in self-help skills;

(b) motor and physical development;

(c) communication skills;

(d) functional academics;

(e) community life skills;

(f) work skills; and

(g) leisure skills.

(4) Supported employment services may include:

(a) pre-placement activities;

(b) job market analysis/job development;

(c) job match/screening;

(d) job placement/training;

(e) on-going assessment, support, and service coordination; and

(f) transportation.

History: Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-113, 53-6-402 and 53-20-204, MCA; IMP, Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-101, 53-6-402 and 53-20-205, MCA; NEW, 1992 MAR p. 1490, Eff. 7/17/92; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1136, Eff. 6/30/95; TRANS, from SRS, 1998 MAR p. 3124.

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