§ 25.5-6-1101. Definitions
As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: “Attendant support” means any action to assist an eligible person in accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and habilitative and health-related tasks. Such activities include, but are not limited to, personal care services, household services, cognitive services, mobility services, and […]
§ 25.5-6-701. Short Title
This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the “Home- and Community-based Services for Persons with Brain Injury Act”. Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1953, § 7, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 26-4-681 as it existed prior to 2006.
§ 25.5-6-1102. Service Model – Consumer-Directed Care
The state department shall implement a consumer-directed care service model that allows eligible persons to receive a direct payment through a voucher to purchase qualified services. The state department is authorized to seek any federal waivers or waiver amendments that may be necessary to implement this part 11. The state department shall design and implement […]
§ 25.5-6-702. Legislative Declaration – No Entitlement Created
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the purpose of this part 7 is to provide, under federal authorization and subject to available appropriations, home- and community-based services for persons with brain injury. Nothing in this part 7 shall be construed to establish that eligible persons as defined in section 25.5-6-703 (4) are entitled […]
§ 25.5-6-1103. Reporting
The state department shall provide a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly and the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, by October 1, 2006, that includes, but is not limited to, the following: The number of elderly persons participating in […]
§ 25.5-6-703. Definitions
As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: “Adult day care” means health and social services furnished two or more hours per day on a regularly scheduled basis for one or more days per week in an outpatient setting and for the purpose of ensuring the optimal functioning of the recipient. “Behavioral […]
§ 25.5-6-1201. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly finds that there may be a more effective way to deliver home- and community-based services to the elderly, blind, and disabled; to disabled children; and to persons with spinal cord injuries, that allows for more self-direction in their care and a cost savings to the state. The general assembly also finds that […]
§ 25.5-6-409. Services for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A program to provide home- and community-based services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are in need of the level of care available in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities is hereby established pursuant to the federal “Social Security Act”, as amended. This program shall provide for the social, habilitative, […]
§ 25.5-6-409.3. Consolidated Waiver – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – Conflict-Free Case Management – Legislative Declaration – Repeal
The general assembly declares that it is the intent of the general assembly that moneys appropriated for services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities be spent in the most effective manner, thereby enabling the greatest number of eligible individuals to receive the services that they need in the amounts needed so that they may […]
§ 25.5-6-409.5. Transition Plan for Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Adult Services – Legislative Declaration – Report – Rules – Cash Fund
The general assembly finds and declares that: Youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are eighteen to twenty years of age are currently served through the county child welfare system; and The home- and community-based services program for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities is better designed to meet the complex needs of these youth. […]