The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(1) “Attendant services” means those services which compensate for an eligible participant's limitations in performing activities of daily living, self-care or mobility within home or community environments.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services.
(3) “Eligible participant” means a resident of the State with a severe, chronic mental or physical disability which precludes or significantly impairs the individual's performance of activities of daily living, self-care or mobility within home or community environments. For purposes of this paragraph, a “chronic disability” is a medically determinable impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
(4) “Program” means the Community-Based Attendant Services Program.
(5) “Services” means any of the following support services, whether meeting a basic or ancillary need:
a. Homemaker-type services, including cleaning, laundry, shopping and chores.
b. Companion-type services, including transportation, escort and facilitation of written, oral and electronic communication.
c. Assistance with cognitive tasks, including bill payment and money management, planning activities and decision-making.
d. Assistance with transferring to and from a bed, wheelchair, vehicle, or other environmental setting.
e. Help with the use of medical and nonmedical equipment, devices, or assistive technology.
f. Assistance with routine bodily functions, including:
1. Health maintenance activities.
2. Bathing and personal hygiene.
3. Bowel or urinary evacuation.
4. Dressing and grooming.
5. Food consumption, preparation, and cleanup.
g. Such other support services as may be adopted by the Department through regulation.