Section 7 AAC 127.990 - Definitions In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise
(1) "ADL" means activity of daily living;(2) "agency-based program" means a program that provides Community First Choice personal care services to a qualified recipient who is unable Lo manage those services because or cognitive capacity or a documented hi story or self-neglect or who chooses not to take responsibility for managing those services;(3) "assessment" means the process by which the department, using an assessment tool specified by recipient category in 7 AAC 130.215, determines if an applicant meets a level of care necessary to qualify for home and community-based waiver services;(4) "business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday under AS 44.12.010; (5) "Community First Choice personal care service level authorization" or 'service level authorization" means the authorization to provide personal care services for a recipient that was developed under 7 AAC 127.090, with any amendment Linder 7 AAC 127.095. and approved by the department;(6) "consumer-directed program" means a program that provides Community First Choice personal care services to a qualified recipient, and that recipient or either the recipient's representative or the representative's designee is responsible for managing those services; (7) "cueing" means verbal or physical guidance, provided at the time an activity is to be performed, that services as a signal to a recipient to perform the activity;(8) "lADL" means instrumental activity of daily living;(9) "natural supports" means (A) individuals that voluntarily and without payment provide care and supports for the recipient; and(B) the care and supports that are (i) provided voluntarily and without pay for a recipient; and (ii) similar to and supplemented by personal care services;(10) "person-centered intake" means the process undertaken to help an individual understand the individual's unmet needs and to explore the resources available to meet those needs;(11) "pre-enrollment options counseling" means the process that is undertaken by a care coordinator to assist an individual who has recently met the eligibility requirements for home and community-based waiver services or Community First Choice services, to determine the type and level of service that will meet the individual's needs and to identify non-Medicaid services available in the community;(12) "recipient's representative" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 160.990(b);(13) "remote community or location" (A) means a community or location that it is not accessible by road from Anchorage or Fairbanks, or that is accessible only by crossing international boundaries; and(B) does not include a community or location that is on a road system that connects two or more communities or locations, and the supervising registered nurse is available in one of the communities or locations;(14) "representative's designee" means an individual appointed by the recipient's representative in accordance with 7 AAC 127.115(c);(15) "supervision" means observing and giving direction to a recipient, as needed and at the time an activity is to be performed, to support the recipient's independent performance of an ADL or lADL.(16) "interim level-of-care-review" means an evaluation of a recipient's most recent documents related to receiving home and community-based waiver services, including the contents of the most recent application, the results of the recipient's most recent assessment, medical records, and other relevant documents or observation, to determine if an applicant meets a level of care necessary to continue to qualify for home and community-based waiver services;Eff. 10/1/2018, Register 227, October 2018; am 1/22/2023, Register 245, April 2023Authority:AS 47.05.010
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