Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Subtitle 5 > Chapter 1622-A - Consolidation of Long-Term Care Services

• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Consumer: means a person eligible for services under this subtitle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• In-home and community support services: means health and social services and other assistance required to enable adults with long-term care needs to remain in their places of residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Personal care assistant: means an individual who has completed a training course of at least 40 hours, which includes, but is not limited to, instruction in basic personal care procedures, such as those listed in subsection 7, first aid and handling of emergencies; or an individual who meets competency requirements, as determined by the department or its designee; or, if providing service to a consumer receiving self-directed attendant services under chapter 1622, a person approved by the consumer or the consumer's surrogate as being able to competently assist in the fulfillment of the personal care assistance services outlined in the consumer's plan of care. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Provider: means any entity, agency, facility or individual who offers or plans to offer any in-home or community support services or institutionally based long-term care services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Qualified providers: means community-based agencies or a network of agencies with the organizational and administrative capacity to administer and monitor an array of in-home and community support services that will promote choice and portability with an emphasis on coordinating and implementing the services in the consumer's plan of care. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
• Surrogate: means an unpaid agent of a consumer designated to assist with the management of the tasks associated with in-home and community support services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302