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functions of a recipient’s representative;

(3) “assessment” means the process by which the department, using an assessment tool specified by recipient category in 7 AAC 130.215, determines if an applicant meets a level of care necessary to qualify for home and community-based waiver services;

(4) “business day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday under AS 44.12.010;

(5) “care coordination” means those services provided in accordance with 7 AAC 130.240 by a care coordinator;

(6) “care coordination agency provider” means a provider that the department has certified under 7 AAC 130.220 to provide care coordination services under 7 AAC 130.240;

(7) “care coordinator” means an individual that the department has enrolled under 7 AAC 105.210 and certified under 7 AAC 130.238;

(8) “habilitation” means active teaching or training that

(A) assists a recipient to acquire, retain, or improve the self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community-based settings; and

(B) is planned to help a recipient reach the level of physical, mental, and social functioning that the recipient has the capacity to engage in and benefit from;

(9) “home and community-based waiver services provider” has the meaning given in 7 AAC 160.990(b);

(10) “immediate family” means the spouse of the recipient, and the parent of a minor child that is the recipient;

(11) “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 observations, in order to determine if an applicant meets a level of care necessary to continue to qualify for home and community-based waiver services;

(12) “natural supports” means

(A) individuals that, voluntarily and without payment, provide care and supports that enhance quality of life and foster community access and integration for the recipient; and

(B) the care and supports that are