Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.28 - Community Mental Health Programs-Mental Health Vocational Programs (MHVP)
Section 10.21.28.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.28.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 10.21.17 and in this regulation.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) Agency-Sponsored Employment.
(a) "Agency-sponsored employment" means an
employment program designed to assist an individual to obtain employment at
locations owned, leased, rented, or managed by the provider, at other locations
by an agency-held contract, at a consumer-operated business or program, or work
enclave that provides:
(i) Compensation to
individuals according to the standards established by the Department of
Labor;
(ii) Opportunity for
individuals to have contact with nondisabled individuals and the public to the
same extent that nondisabled individuals in comparable positions interact with
the public; and
(iii) Additional
supports, as needed, to the individual in the work setting.
(b) "Agency-sponsored employment"
does not include sheltered workshops.
(2) "Competitive work" means employment in
the competitive labor market that pays minimum wage or higher and compensation
is consistent with the wage standards provided in the Fair Labor Standards
Act.
(3) "Consumer-operated
business" means a program owned or managed by an individual who has a disclosed
mental illness that provides compensated employment for an individual who has a
disclosed mental illness.
(4)
"Employment specialist" means a program staff member who helps individuals in
the public mental health system (PMHS) to:
(a)
Obtain competitive employment;
(b)
Learn work tasks;
(c) Resolve
job-related or on-the-job problems; and
(d) Maintain competitive
employment.
(5)
"Extended support services" means ongoing support services and other
appropriate services needed to support and maintain an individual after the
individual has made the transition from time-limited, intensive job-coaching
services.
(6) "Industry" means the
employer hiring an individual in the public mental health system.
(7) "Integrated work" means work that
provides an individual an opportunity to interact with nondisabled
individuals.
(8) "Intensive job
coaching" means frequent and intensive support provided to an individual at a
job site and off a job site during the initial stages of an individual's
employment in order for an individual to learn and to manage a job.
(9) "Job stability" means a situation in
which an individual is performing job duties satisfactorily and is reasonably
expected to continue that level of performance.
(10) "Natural support" means the assistance
received from an individual's family members, significant others, friends,
neighbors, and coworkers.
(11)
"Sheltered workshop" means employment in a workshop or work-activity center or
a physically separated department of an agency or organization having an
identifiable program of rehabilitation, separate tasks, supervision, records,
and compensation for individuals with disabilities.
(12) "Supported employment program" means a
program designed to assist an individual to obtain competitive employment in an
integrated work environment that provides:
(a) Compensation to individuals of at least
minimum wage;
(b) An individualized
approach that establishes an hours-per-week employment goal to maximize an
individual's vocational potential;
(c) Additional supports, as needed, delivered
where appropriate; and
(d)
Transitional employment placements, as appropriate.
(13) "Transitional employment" means a series
of planned temporary, sequential job placements, with continuous support
services, provided to an individual in the public mental health system until
job permanency is achieved.
(14)
"Work enclave" means a group of individuals with mental illness for whom an
agency:
(a) Has negotiated access to jobs in
community businesses;
(b)
Guarantees completion of the individuals' work; and
(c) Provides compensation for the hours
worked.
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