C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 118, 1
Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR) are homes. They provide persons with mental retardation an opportunity for personal development and growth. If created in concert with the intent of these regulations, these homes afford individuals privacy, dignity, comfort, sanitation, a home-like environment and above all, provide a dynamic, healthy and purposeful life for them.
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It is the intent of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish and to promote the development and utilization of resources to ensure effective health and habilitation services for persons with mental retardation and related conditions who require an environment which adheres to the concepts of "Active Treatment," "Normalization" and/or "Social Role Valorization".
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Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation are subject to licensure by these rules, which establish standards for the physical facility, maintenance and conduct of client care and habilitation, so as to meet the needs of those living in the homes.
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The goal of ICF/MR services is to provide a habilitation program, which will enhance each person's ability to cope with his/her environment and create a reasonable expectation of progress toward the goal of community living in the least restrictive and most normal living conditions possible.
| 09/01/07 |
In accordance with Chapter 52, Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Rules Regarding Licensing of Intermediate Care Facilities for Mental Retardation, DHHS has revised these regulations to eliminate State licensing requirements that are duplicative of the Federal Title XIX requirements, or no longer essential. DHHS has adopted the Medicaid or Title XIX requirements for purposes of State licensure, and by reference has incorporated the Conditions of Participation for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (42 Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart I, Sections § 483.10-483.40). DHHS has consulted with consumers, providers, advocates and regulators prior to revising these rules.
C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 118, 1