§ 40.1-21-4.3 - Definitions.
SECTION 40.1-21-4.3
§ 40.1-21-4.3 Definitions. – As used in this chapter and in chapter 22 of this title the words:
(1) "Ancillary services" means those services provided, andshall include, but not be limited to, transportation, housing, housingadaptation, personal attendant care, and homemaker services.
(2) "Case management" means the implementation of anindividual's program by providing information, by referral to appropriateservice providers, by procurement of services, and by the coordination of thenecessary services.
(3) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of mentalhealth, retardation, and hospitals.
(4) "Developmental services" means those services provided todevelopmentally disabled adults, and shall include, but not be limited to,habilitation and rehabilitation services, and day services.
(5) "Developmentally disabled adult" means a person, eighteen(18) years old or older and not under the jurisdiction of the department ofchildren, youth, and families who is either a mentally retarded developmentallydisabled adult or is a person with a severe, chronic disability which:
(i) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment orcombination of mental and physical impairments;
(ii) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two(22);
(iii) Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(iv) Results in substantial functional limitations in three(3) or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(A) Self care,
(B) Receptive and expressive language,
(C) Learning,
(D) Mobility,
(E) Self-direction,
(F) Capacity for independent living,
(G) Economic self-sufficiency; and
(v) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequenceof special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services,which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned andcoordinated. For purposes of funding, it is understood that students enrolledin school will continue to receive education from their local educationauthority in accordance with § 16-24-1 et seq.
(6) "Diagnosis and evaluation" means a process to determinewhether and to what extent an individual is developmentally disabled and astudy of the individual's condition, situation, and needs which lead to arecommendation of what services, if any, would benefit the individual.
(7) "Individualized program plan" or "general service plan"means a plan, however named, which includes, but shall not be limited to, thefollowing:
(i) An evaluation of the strengths, difficulties, needs, andgoals of the individual;
(ii) A description of those services found to be necessary orappropriate to assist the individual in realizing his or her potential forself-sufficiency in major life activities;
(iii) A description of the agencies and/or individuals, whichare proposed to provide each of the recommended services;
(iv) The intermediate and long-range objectives for theindividual's development and habilitation;
(v) The expected duration for the provision of the services;
(vi) A description of the tests and other evaluative devicesused and their results;
(vii) Proposed criteria for monitoring and evaluating thesuccess of the services in meeting the individual's needs; and
(viii) The signatures of the preparers of the plan and thedate.
The individual program plan shall indicate developmental,supportive, or ancillary services by function and frequency, the manner ofsubsidy and delivery and the categories of need for services such astransportation, job training, or occupation, housing, housing adaptation,personal attendant care, homemaker, or other services. This plan shall bereviewed at least annually.
(8) "Mentally retarded developmentally disabled adult" meansa person eighteen (18) years old or older and not under the jurisdiction of thedepartment of children, youth, and families, with significant sub-average,general intellectual functioning two (2) standard deviations below the norm,existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested duringthe developmental period. For purposes of funding, it is understood thatstudents enrolled in school will continue to receive education from their localeducation authority in accordance with § 16-24-1 et seq.
(9) "Service broker" means that individual who assists infacilitating the connection between the developmentally disabled person and theservices required by the individual program plan.
(10) "Subsidized access to service" means the provisions offinancial resources through vouchers to a developmentally disabled person toenable the person to gain access to appropriate generic and/or special servicesas required by the individual program plan.
(11) "Supportive services" means those services provided todevelopmentally disabled adults, and shall include, but not be limited to,occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, counseling,nursing services, and medical services.