Rule 37.34.926 - 0208 MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES PROGRAM: COMPANION SERVICES(1) Companion services consist of nonmedical supervision and socialization provided to a waiver recipient with a functional impairment who is age 14 or older. Companions may assist or supervise the waiver recipient with tasks such as meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, and shopping but do not perform these activities as discrete services. This service does not entail hands-on nursing care.(2) Companion services delivered by legally responsible relatives involve personal care or similar services of activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living.(3) Companion services must be provided in accordance with a therapeutic goal.(4) Companion services may not be provided concurrent with:(a) persons in residential settings in which primary care is funded 24/7;(b) personal supports services;(c) personal care services; orMont. Admin. r. 37.34.926
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; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 220, Eff. 1/31/14; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 2067, Eff. 8/24/2024AUTH: 53-6-113, 53-6-402, MCA; IMP: 53-6-101, 53-6-402, MCA