For the purposes of these rules, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Adult community home services" means the provision of age appropriate residential and habilitation services for two to eight persons with developmental disabilities who are 16 years or older in facilities licensed and certified in accordance with sections 53-20-305 and 53-20-307 , MCA.

(2) "Adult habilitation services" means the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are 16 years or older in non-residential settings. These services include basic life skills, pre-vocational skills, work activities skills, sheltered employment skills, and other skills which are prerequisite or integral to vocational activities and which facilitate movement of persons to increasingly higher levels of independence.

(3) "Adult intensive community home services" means the provision of habilitation and intensive residential training services for two to eight persons with developmental disabilities who have intensive needs and who are 16 years of age or older in facilities licensed and certified in accordance with sections 53-20-305 and 53-20-307 , MCA.

(4) "Appeal process" means the process provided in ARM 37.34.335 for pursuing further administrative review of a decision made by a local screening committee or the central screening committee.

(5) "Case manager" means a person who is responsible for coordinating a person's case, compiling referrals for services, chairing individual habilitation team planning meetings, locating needed support services, and otherwise making arrangements to meet a person's ongoing needs.

(6) "Central screening committee" means the committee provided in ARM 37.34.310 that reviews all referrals of persons with developmental disabilities for placement into developmental disability adult services or children's group home services funded by the department.

(7) "Children's community home services" means the provision of age appropriate intensive residential and habilitation services for two to five persons with developmental disabilities who are ages 5 through 22 in facilities licensed and certified in accordance with sections 53-20-305 and 53-20-307 , MCA.

(8) "DD program" means the developmental disabilities program of the department of public health and human services, which contracts with service providers to provide community-based services to persons with developmental disabilities who reside or work in services funded by the department.

(9) "Habilitation" means assistance to a person that enables the person to acquire and maintain skills for effectively coping with his or her physical, mental and social needs.

(10) "Independent living services" means the provision of residential training on a regular basis to persons with developmental disabilities who reside in unstructured and unsupervised settings and who require minimal supervision with periodic contact for oversight and training in areas of advanced personal skills, home-related skills and community life skills.

(11) "Individual habilitation planning team" or "IHP team" means an interdisciplinary team composed of those persons specified in ARM 46.8.105 that identifies and evaluates a person's needs, develops a habilitation plan to meet those needs, periodically reviews the progress of the plan and revises the plan accordingly.

(12) "Local" refers to the area of counties that is the responsibility of a local screening committee.

(13) "Person with developmental disabilities" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in section 53-20-202 (3) , MCA.

(14) "Referral" means a set of standardized forms relating to a person with developmental disabilities and describing services being sought for the person. The referral includes as provided in ARM 37.34.306, a social history, a psychological evaluation, documentation of eligibility for services funded through the developmental disabilities program, and information as to medical condition, skills, behaviors requiring intervention, and any support service needs.

(15) "Regional manager" means a person employed by the developmental disabilities program in one of several field-based supervisory positions.

(16) "Screening" means the process for selection for placement of persons with developmental disabilities into developmental disability adult services or children's group home services funded by the department.

(17) "Senior adult community home services" means the provision of age appropriate residential and habilitation services to two to eight older persons with development disabilities in facilities licensed and certified in accordance with sections 53-20-305 and 53-20-307 , MCA.

(18) "Senior day services" means the provision of services to older persons with developmental disabilities in non-residential settings. These services include age appropriate group activities, maintenance of self-help and social skills and training in leisure activities.

(19) "Services coordinator" means the person in the central office of the DD program who receives and processes materials relating to the placement of persons, administers the central screening process and chairs the central screening committee.

(20) "Service provider" means any entity furnishing services to persons with developmental disabilities under a contractual agreement with the department of public health and human services through the developmental disabilities program.

(21) "Supported employment services" or "vocational placement services" means the provision of assistance in locating competitive employment and providing ongoing training and support to a person with developmental disabilities and to their employers in order to maintain employment for the person with developmental disabilities.

(22) "Supported living" means the provision of individualized services in the community as well as ongoing support as needed to maintain the placement.

(23) "Training and contract manager" means a person employed by the developmental disabilities program in a field-based position.

(24) "Transitional living services" means the provision of training and habilitation services on a regular basis for persons with developmental disabilities who reside in unstructured living situations and require intermittent supervision and assistance in learning advanced personal skills, home-related skills and community life skills.

(25) "Waiting list" means the master list maintained by the DD program, of persons with developmental disabilities who are referred for services and who are determined to be eligible to receive services. This list is maintained by the central office of the DD program.