Code of Massachusetts Regulations
101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Title 101 CMR 445.00
Section 445.02 - Definitions

As used in 101 CMR 445.00, unless the context requires otherwise, terms have the meanings in 101 CMR 445.02.

Client. An individual receiving 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.

COVID-19 Payment Rate. A rate that is intended to take into account the change in program model necessary due to COVID-19 requirements, which will be instituted at the discretion of the purchasing governmental unit.

Day Habilitation Program. A structured, goal-oriented active treatment program of medically oriented, therapeutic, and habilitation services to raise recipients' levels of functioning and facilitate independent living and self-management in their communities.

Day Services (HCBS). A structured, site-based, group program for participants that fosters community integration and offers assistance with the acquisition, retention, or improvement in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills, and that takes place in a nonresidential setting separate from the participant's private residence or other residential living arrangement. Services often include assistance to learn activities of daily living and functional skills; language and communication training; compensatory, cognitive and other strategies; interpersonal skills; prevocational skills; and recreational and socialization skills.

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.

Prevocational Services. A service that consists of a range of learning and experimental type activities that prepares a participant for paid or unpaid employment in an integrated, community setting. Services are not job-task oriented but instead, are aimed at a generalized result (e.g., attention span, motor skills). The service may include teaching such concepts as attendance, task completion, problem solving, and safety as well as social skills training, improving attention span, and developing or improving motor skills. Basic skill-building activities are expected to specifically involve strategies to enhance a participant's employability in integrated, community 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).

State Funding. The aggregate state fiscal year amount of payments to a provider by a governmental unit for services purchased at rates established in 101 CMR 445.00. State funding does not include any amounts attributable to federal funding or grant funds.

Supported Employment Services. Services that provide assistance to individuals or groups of individuals to help them prepare for, acquire, and maintain integrated employment in the community for clients that require provider support and/or supervision.