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2. “Department of Human Services" or "DHS” means the State agency established under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 40-1 that is empowered to administer certain human services. The DHS has been delegated the authority through an interagency service agreement with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Medicaid Single State Agency, to determine Medicaid eligibility in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws, Rules and Regulations. 3. “Developmental disability” means, for the purposes of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, a condition that affects a person, eighteen (18) years or older, who is either an intellectually developmentally disabled adult or a person with a severe, chronic disability that: a. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; b. Manifests before the person attains age twenty-two (22); c. Is likely to continue indefinitely; d. Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity: (1) Personal care (2) Communication (3) Mobility (4) Learning (5) Self-direction (6) Capacity for independent living (7) Economic self-sufficiency; and (8) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment or other services which are life-long or of extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. 4. "Eligibility date" means the first (1st) day of the month in which a person is eligible for Medicaid LTSS. It is based on the month the application or, for existing beneficiaries, the request for LTSS is made and is otherwise unrelated to the date a person entered an institution or began receiving