Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37.40 - SENIOR AND LONG TERM CARE SERVICES
Subchapter 37.40.14 - Home and Community-Based Services
Rule 37.40.1485 - HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS: ENVIRONMENTAL ACCESSIBILITY ADAPTATION, REQUIREMENTS

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 37.40.1485

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) Environmental accessibility adaptations are modifications to a recipient's home designed to maintain or improve the recipient's ability to remain at home.

(2) Environmental accessibility adaptation services may include:

(a) modifications to a personal vehicle that allow the recipient to be more independent;

(b) the installation of specialized electrical and plumbing systems to accommodate necessary medical equipment and supplies;

(c) consultation regarding the appropriateness of an adaptation; and

(d) facilitation of the ability of a caregiver or service provider to maintain a recipient at home.

(3) An environmental accessibility adaptation must:

(a) be functionally necessary and relate specifically to the recipient's disability;

(b) provide for the recipient's access to the home environment and increased independence and safety in the home;

(c) be reasonably expected to promote the recipient's functional ability or the ability of the caregiver to maintain the recipient at home;

(d) be the most cost effective adaptation among the adaptations that are available to meet the recipient's needs; and

(e) meet the 1980 specifications set by the American national standards institute.

(4) Environmental accessibility adaptation services do not include:

(a) general housing maintenance, including but not limited to plumbing, heating systems, or appliance repair; or

(b) measures to facilitate leisure time activities.

(5) The department may require review and approval by a consultant for certain types of environmental accessibility adaptations.

(6) A recipient may only receive any one environmental accessibility adaptation once unless the department specifically authorizes the repurchase of an adaptation.

Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-101 and 53-6-402, MCA; IMP, Sec. 53-2-201, 53-6-101 and 53-6-402, MCA;

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