D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-10199
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) - The ability to bathe, transfer, dress, eat and feed oneself, engage in toileting, and maintain bowel and bladder control (continence).
Authorized Representative - An individual who willingly accepts responsibility for performing employer and PDS budget management tasks that a participant is unable to perform without the assistance of a representative, and who has been designated by the participant in writing by executing a Designation of Authorized Representative form.
Budget Authority - The authority granted to Services My Way program participants and their authorized representatives, as applicable, to develop and manage their own PDS budget with the assistance of the support broker and the approval of DHCF or its designee.
Common Law Employer - A person for whom the services are being performed who has the right to direct and control the actions of the individual who performs the services, not only as to the result to be accomplished by the work, but also as to the details and the means by which the result is accomplished, and who is responsible for payment of wages and emplo yment taxes to its employees and all federal, state and local government agencies.
District New Hire Reporting System - The electronic system in which all District employers are required to enter new employees within twenty (20) days of hire, per 42 USC § 653A.
Electronic Visit Verification - A system with respect to personal care services or home health care services, under which visits conducted as part of such services are electronically verified with respect to the type of service performed, the individual receiving the service, the date of the service, the location of service delivery, the individual providing the service, and the time the service begins and ends.
Employer Authority - The authority granted to Services My Way program participants and their authorized representatives, as applicable, to recruit, hire, supervise, and discharge their own qualified participant-directed workers who provide participant-directed community support services to program participants, with the assistance of the VF/EA FMS-Support Broker entity.
Fraud - An intentional deception or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some unauthorized benefit to himself or herself or some other person, including any act that constitutes fraud under federal or District law.
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) - The ability to perform activities not necessary for day-to-day functioning, but which allow an individual to live independently in the community, such as telephone use and medication administration.
Participant-Directed Worker - An individual meeting the qualifications set forth in § 10103 who is hired by the participant/representative employer to provide PDCS services.
Participant/Representative-Employer - The Services My Way participant or the participant's authorized representative, as applicable, who performs employer-related duties including recruiting, hiring, supervising and discharging participant-directed workers.
Person-Centered Plan - An individualized service plan developed by the EPD Waiver case manager that identifies the supports and services to be provided to the person enrolled in the EPD Waiver and the evaluation of the person's progress on an ongoing basis to assure that the person's needs and desired outcomes are being met.
Self-Direction - The ability of program participants, or their representatives if applicable, to exercise decision- making authority over certain services and take direct responsibility to manage their services with the assistance of a system of available supports.
Support Broker - An employee of the VF/EA FMS-Support Broker entity who provides information and assistance services to Services My Way participants to enable participants and authorized representatives, as appropriate, to independently direct and manage their participant-directed services.
Theft - To wrongfully obtain or use the property of another with intent to deprive the other of a right to the property or a benefit of the property or to appropriate the property to an individual's own use or to the use of a third person.
Vendor - A corporate entity providing individual-directed goods or services.
Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent (VF/EA) Financial Management Services (FMS)-Support Broker Entity - An entity operating in accordance with 26 USC § 3504 and Rev. Proc. 70-6, as modified by REG-137036 and Rev. Proc. 2013-39, which provides financial management services and information and assistance services to Services My Way participants and their authorized representatives, as appropriate.
Wrongfully Obtain or Use - Taking or exercising control over property; making an unauthorized use, disposition, or transfer of an interest in or possession of property; or obtaining property by trick, false pretense, false token, tampering, or deception. The term "wrongfully obtain or use" includes conduct previously known in the District as larceny, larceny by trick, larceny by trust, embezzlement, and false pretenses.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-10199