Code of Massachusetts Regulations
101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Title 101 CMR 423.00 - Rates For Certain In-Home Basic Living Supports
Section 423.02 - Definitions

As used in 101 CMR 423.00, unless the context requires otherwise, terms have the meanings in 101 CMR 423.02.

Client. An individual that receives in-home basic living support services purchased by a governmental unit.

Cost Report. The document used to report costs and other financial and statistical data. The Uniform Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report (UFR) is used when required.

EOHHS. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services established under M.G.L. c. 6A.

Governmental Unit. The Commonwealth, any board, commission, department, division, or agency of the Commonwealth and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.

In-home Basic Living Supports. A broad range of service levels that assist clients in living as independently as possible within the community, encompassing support services customized to their specific needs in a variety of life activities on a regular or intermittent basis, and determined as necessary to prevent institutionalization. These services provide the assistance and supervision necessary for clients to establish, live in, and maintain, on an ongoing basis, a household of their choosing in a personal home or the family home, to meet their habilitative needs. These services may include teaching and fostering the acquisition, retention, or improvement of skills related to personal finance, health, shopping, use of community resources, community safety, and other social and adaptive skills to live in the community. They may also include training and education in self-determination and self-advocacy, enabling clients to acquire skills to exercise control and responsibility over the services and supports they receive and to become more independent, integrated, and productive in their communities. In-home basic living support services do not include room and board or the cost of facility upkeep and maintenance, and are not provided to clients living in 24-hour licensed group home settings.

Provider. Any individual, group, partnership, trust, corporation, or other legal entity that offers services for purchase by a governmental unit and that meets the conditions of purchase or licensure that have been adopted by a purchasing governmental unit.

Reporting Year. The provider's fiscal year for which costs incurred are reported to the Operational Services Division on the Uniform Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report (UFR).