LAC 50:XXI.5709. Habilitation

A. Habilitation offers services designed to assist the beneficiary in acquiring, retaining, and improving the self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community settings. B. Habilitation is provided in the home or community, includes necessary transportation, and is included on the plan of care as determined to be appropriate. C. Habilitation services may include, but are not limited to: 1. acquisition of skills needed to do household tasks which include, but are not limited to laundry, dishwashing, housekeeping, grocery shopping in the community, and other tasks to promote independence in the home and community; and 2. travel training activities in the community that promote community independence, to include but not limited to, place of individual employment, church, or other community activity. This does not include group supported employment, day habilitation, or prevocational sites. D. Service Limitations. Services shall not exceed 285 units of service in a plan of care year. E. Choice and need for this service must be documented on the plan of care. F. Beneficiaries receiving habilitation may use this service in conjunction with other supports waiver services as long as other services are not provided during the same period in a day. NOTE: Beneficiaries who are age 18 through 21 may also receive available services as outlined on their plan of care through the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Program, if applicable. Beneficiaries who are age 21 and older may receive available services as outlined on their plan of care through the Long-Term Personal Care Services (LT-PCS) Program, if applicable.