Section 2380.3. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Adult—A person 18 years of age or older.

Adult training facility or facility—A building or portion of a building in which services are provided to four or more individuals, who are 59 years of age or younger and who do not have a dementia-related disease as a primary diagnosis, for part of a 24-hour day, excluding care provided by relatives. Services include the provision of functional activities, assistance in meeting personal needs and assistance in performing basic daily activities.

Content discrepancy—A difference between what was determined at the ISP meeting by the plan team and what is documented in the written ISP.

Department—The Department of Human Services of the Commonwealth.

Direct service worker—A person whose primary job function is to provide services to an individual who attends the provider’s facility.

Documentation—Written statements that accurately record details, substantiate a claim or provide evidence of an event.

Fire safety expert—A local fire department, fire protection engineer, State certified fire protection instructor, college instructor in fire science, county or State fire school, volunteer fire person trained by a county or State fire school or an insurance company loss control representative.

ISP—Individual Support Plan—The comprehensive document that identifies services and expected outcomes for an individual.

Individual—An adult with disabilities who receives care in an adult training facility and who has developmental needs which require assistance to meet personal needs and to perform basic daily activities. Examples of adults with disabilities include adults who exhibit one or more of the following:

(i) A physical disability such as blindness, visual impairment, deafness, hearing impairment, speech or language impairment or a physical handicap.

(ii) A mental illness.

(iii) A neurological disability such as cerebral palsy, autism or epilepsy.

(iv) Mental retardation.

(v) A traumatic brain injury.

Outcomes—Goals the individual and individual’s plan team choose for the individual to acquire, maintain or improve.

Plan lead—The program specialist or family living specialist, as applicable, when the individual is not receiving services through an SCO.

Plan team—The group that develops the ISP.

Provider—An entity or person that enters into an agreement with the Department to deliver a service to an individual.

SC—Supports coordinator—An SCO employee whose primary job functions are to locate, coordinate and monitor services provided to an individual when the individual is receiving services from an SCO.

SCO—Supports coordination organization—A provider that delivers the services of locating, coordinating and monitoring services provided to an individual.

Services—Actions or assistance provided to the individual to support the achievement of an outcome.

The provisions of this § 2380.3 adopted December 29, 1978, effective December 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 3820; reserved January 15, 1993, effective January 16, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 343; amended August 27, 2010, effective August 28, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 4935. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (259666).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 2380.3 amended under sections 911 and 1021 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. § § 911 and 1021).

Cross References

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 2380.33 (relating to program specialist).