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(ii) similar to and supplemented by personal care services;

(10) “person-centered intake” means the process undertaken to help an individual understand the individual’s unmet needs and to explore the resources available to meet those needs;

(11) “pre-enrollment options counseling” means the process that is undertaken by a care coordinator to assist an individual who has recently met the eligibility requirements for home and community-based waiver services or Community First Choice services, to determine the type and level of service that will meet the individual’s needs and to identify non-Medicaid services available in the community;

(12) “recipient’s representative” has the meaning given in 7 AAC 160.990(b);

(13) “remote community or location”

(A) means a community or location that it is not accessible by road from Anchorage or Fairbanks, or that is accessible only by crossing international boundaries; and

(B) does not include a community or location that is on a road system that connects two or more communities or locations, and the supervising registered nurse is available in one of the communities or locations;

(14) “representative’s designee” means an individual appointed by the recipient’s representative in accordance with 7 AAC 127.115(c);

(15) “supervision” means observing and giving direction to a recipient, as needed and at the time an activity is to be performed, to support the recipient’s independent performance of an ADL or IADL.

(16) “interim level-of-care-review” means an evaluation of a recipient’s most recent documents related to receiving home and community-based waiver services, including the contents of the most recent application, the results of the recipient’s most recent assessment, medical records, and other relevant documents or observation, to determine if an applicant meets a level of care necessary to continue to qualify for home and community-based waiver services; (Eff. 10/1/2018, Register 227; am 1/22/2023, Register 245) Statutory Authority: