Financial Management Services is offered in support of the self-administered services delivery option. Services rendered under this definition include those to facilitate the employment of individual service providers (employees) by the waiver participant (employer) or designated representative.

Supportive services provided in an approved community-based adult residential facility. Supportive services are expected to meet scheduled and unpredictable participant needs and to provide supervision, safety and security in conjunction with residing in a homelike, non-institutional setting. 

Assistive technology device means an item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of participants. Assistive technology service means a service that directly assists a participant in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.

Provision of essential household items and services needed to establish and maintain basic living arrangements in a community setting that enable the individual to establish and maintain health and safety. Essential household items include basic furnishings and kitchen and bathroom equipment. This service also includes moving expenses, one-time non-refundable fees to establish utility services and other services essential to the operation of the residence, and services necessary for the individual’s health and safety such as pest eradication and one-time cleaning prior to occupancy. This service may also be used to replace old depleted household items and furnishings that are necessary to ensure the health and safety of a participant if the participant is moving from one setting to another. 

Equipment and/or physical adaptations to the individual’s residence or vehicle which are necessary to assure the health, welfare and safety of the individual or which enable the individual to function with greater independence in the home and in the community. The equipment/ adaptations are identified in the individual’s care plan and the model and type of equipment are specified by a qualified individual. The adaptations may include purchase, installation, and repairs. Other adaptation and repairs may be approved on a case by case basis as technology changes or as an individual’s physical or environmental needs change.

Medication Reminder System: Medication Reminder System provides a medication reminder by a third party entity or individual. that is not the clinician responsible for prescribing and/or clinically managing the individual.  Services involve non face-to-face medication reminder techniques (e.g. phone calls, telecommunication devices, medication dispenser devices with electronic alarms which alert the individual and a central response center staffed with qualified individuals, etc.) 

Medication Set-Up and Administration: Services of an individual authorized by State law to set-up medications in containers that facilitate safe and effective self-administration when individual dose bubbling packaging by a pharmacy is not available and assistance with self-administration is not covered as an element of another waiver service.

An electronic device that enables an individual to secure help in an emergency through a connection to a signal response center that is staffed by trained professionals on a 24 hour per day, seven days a week basis.