ARM 37.34.941. MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM: HABILITATION SERVICES, DEFINITION

(1) Habilitation services are services that stimulate and maintain the development of a recipient's skills or that reduce behaviors which interfere with the recipient's development. (2) Habilitation services may include: (a) intense training required to alleviate severe skill deficits; (b) on-going, supervised intervention for significant behavior problems; (c) substantial care needed for medical problems which do not preclude habilitation; (d) intensive daily care required because of the severity of the recipient's disability and provided by foster parents or other caregivers; (e) individual habilitation programs carried out by foster parents or other caregivers; (f) pre-vocational services; and (g) supported employment services, which provide the opportunity to work for pay in regular employment, to integrate with non-disabled persons who are not paid caregivers, and to receive long term support in order to retain the employment. (3) Pre-vocational services, or work or day services as provided in ARM 37.34.2111 are services that support habilitative goals necessary for further vocational development. Pre-vocational services prepare a recipient for paid or unpaid employment. Pre-vocational services are not intended to develop specific job skills. Pre-vocational services may include: (a) training in self-help skills; (b) motor and physical development; (c) communication skills; (d) functional academics; (e) community life skills; (f) work skills; and (g) leisure skills. (4) Supported employment services may include: (a) pre-placement activities; (b) job market analysis/job development; (c) job match/screening; (d) job placement/training; (e) on-going assessment, support, and service coordination; and (f) transportation.