37.40.1447    HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS: PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, REQUIREMENTS

(1) Personal assistance is the provision of an array of personal care and other services to a recipient for the purpose of meeting personal needs in the home and the community.

(2) Personal assistance services includes the provision of the following services:

(a) personal care services as specified at ARM 37.40.1101(1) through (5) and 37.40.1301, 37.40.1302, 37.40.1305, 37.40.1306, 37.40.1307 and 37.40.1308;

(b) homemaking services as specified at ARM 37.40.1450;

(c) supervision for health and safety reasons; and

(d) nonmedical transportation as specified at ARM 37.40.1488.

(3) Personal assistance services do not include any skilled services that require professional medical training except as allowed in ARM 37.40.1301, 37.40.1302, 37.40.1305, 37.40.1306, 37.40.1307 and 37.40.1308.

(4) The requirements for the delivery of personal care services specified at ARM 37.40.1101, 37.40.1102, 37.40.1105, 37.40.1106, 37.40.1301, 37.40.1302, 37.40.1305, 37.40.1306, 37.40.1307, 37.40.1308 and 37.40.1315 govern the provision of personal assistance services.

History: Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-113 and 53-6-402, MCA; IMP, Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-101, 53-6-141 and 53-6-402, MCA; NEW, 1983 MAR p. 863, Eff. 7/15/83; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 2094, Eff. 1/1/87; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 1268, Eff. 7/1/88; TRANS & AMD, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 2023, Eff. 7/28/00.