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(18) DAHS (Day Activity and Health Services)--Services
as defined in 98.2(17) of this title (relating to Definitions).
(19) DBMD Program--The Deaf Blind with Multiple Dis-
abilities Waiver Program.
(20) DBMD Program specialist--Employee in DADS' state
office who is the primary contact for the DBMD Program.
(21) Deafblindness--A chronic condition in which a per-
son:
(A) has deafness, which is a hearing impairment severe
enough that most speech cannot be understood with amplification; and
(B) has legal blindness, which results from a central vi-
sual acuity of 20/200 or less in the person's better eye, with correction,
or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.
(22) Denial--A DADS' action that disallows:
(A) an individual's request for enrollment in the DBMD
Program;
(B) a service requested on an IPC that was not autho-
rized on the prior IPC; or
(C) a portion of the amount or level of a service re-
quested on an IPC that was not authorized on the prior IPC.
(23) Dental treatment--A service that provides the follow-
ing services, as described in Appendix C of the DBMD Program waiver
application (found on the DBMD Program page of DADS website at
www.dads.state.tx.us):
(A) therapeutic, orthodontic, routine preventive, and
emergency treatment; and
(B) sedation.
(24) Developmental disability--As defined in the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, Section
102(8), a severe, chronic disability of an individual five years of age or
older that:
(A) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment
or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(B) is manifested before the individual attains 22 years
of age;
(C) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(D) results in substantial functional limitations in three
or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(i) self-care;
(ii) receptive and expressive language;
(iii) learning;
(iv) mobility;
(v) self-direction;
(vi) capacity for independent living; and
(vii) economic self-sufficiency.
(25) DFPS--Department of Family and Protective Ser-
vices.
(26) Dietary services--A therapy service that:
(A) assists an individual to meet basic or special ther-
apeutic nutritional needs through the development of individual meal
plans; and(B) is provided by a person licensed in accordance with
Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 701, Dieticians.
(27) Employment assistance--A service that assists an in-
dividual to obtain competitive, integrated employment.
(28) Financial management services--Services, as defined
in 41.103 of this title provided to an individual who chooses to par-
ticipate in the CDS option.
(29) Functions as a person with deafblindness--Situation in
which a person is determined:
(A) to have a progressive medical condition, mani-
fested before 22 years of age, that will result in the person having
deafblindness; or
(B) before attaining 22 years of age, to have limited
hearing or vision due to protracted inadequate use of either or both of
these senses.
(30) Habilitation--Services that assist an individual in ac-
quiring, retaining, and improving socialization and adaptive skills re-
lated to activities of daily living to enable the individual to live suc-
cessfully in the community and participate in home and community
life, including day habilitation and residential habilitation.
(31) HCSSA (Home and community support services
agency)--An entity required to be licensed under THSC, Chapter 142,
Home and Community Support Services.
(32) HHSC--Texas Health and Human Services Commis-
sion.
(33) ICF/IID--A facility in which ICF/IID Program ser-
vices are provided.
(34) ICF/IID Program--The Intermediate Care Facilities
for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions
Program that provides Medicaid-funded residential services to indi-
viduals with an intellectual disability or related conditions.
(35) [-3-3)] ICF/MR [Program]--ICF/IID [Intermediate
Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation or a Related
Condition Program].
(36) [(34)] ICF/MR Program--ICF/IID Program [A facility
in which IF/MR Program services are provided].
(37) ID/RC Assessment (Intellectual Disability/Related
Condition Assessment)--An assessment conducted to determine if
an individual meets the diagnostic eligibility criteria for the DBMD
Program.
(38) [(35)] Impairment to independent functioning--An
adaptive behavior level of II, III, or IV.
(39) [(36)] Individual--A person seeking to enroll or who
is enrolled in the DBMD Program.
(40) [-37] Institutional services--Services provided in an
ICF/IID [ICF/MR] or a nursing facility.
(41) [(-38)] Integrated employment--Employment at a work
site at which the individual routinely interacts with people without
disabilities other than the individual's work site supervisor or service
providers.
(42) Intellectual disability--Significant sub-average gen-
eral intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in
adaptive behavior and originating during the developmental period.
(43) [(-39)] Intervener--A service provider who serves as a
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