(1) "Activities of daily living" means basic personal everyday activities.

(2) "Community First Choice (CFC) and Personal Assistance Service (PAS) Programs are programs designed to provide long term supportive care in a home setting.

(3) "Institutionalization" means placement in a nursing facility, a mental health nursing facility, or a state mental health hospital.

(4) "Instrumental activities of daily living" means household tasks which are limited to cleaning the area used by the member.

(5) "Level of care assessment" means a functional assessment used to determine if an individual requires the level of care normally provided in a nursing facility.

(6) "Level of impairment assessment" means an assessment used to identify areas in which a member requires long term services and supports.

(7) "Member" means an individual who is Medicaid eligible.

(8) "Mental health professional" means as defined in 53-21-102, MCA.

(9) "Quality improvement organization" means a group of health quality experts organized to improve the quality of care delivered to members.

(10) "Serious occurrence" means a significant event which affects the health, welfare, and safety of a member served in home and community-based services. The department has established a system of reporting and monitoring critical and non-critical incidents that involve members served by the program in order to identify, manage, and mitigate overall risk to the member. For information pertaining to reporting a serious occurrence, see the SDMI HCBS Policy #305, located at: https://dphhs.mt.gov/amdd/HCBSPolicyManual.

(11) "Severe and disabling mental illness" is defined in ARM 37.90.409.