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the resident's changing needs and preferences, lodging, and meals to six (6) or more adults who are unrelated to the licensee or administrator, excluding however, any privately operated establishment or facility licensed pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17 and those facilities licensed by or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Development Disabilities and Hospitals, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, or any other state agency. 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. “Executive Office of Health and Human Services" or "EOHHS” means the state agency established in 2006 under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-7.2 within the executive branch of state government which serves as the principal agency for managing the Departments of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF); Health (DOH); Human Services (DHS); and Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH). 4. “Intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities" or "ICF/ID” means a State-licensed health care facility that provides long-term services and supports to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities. 5. “Long-term care facility” means and includes nursing facilities (NF), assisted living residences (ALR), long-term care hospitals (LTH), and intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual/ developmental disabilities (ICF-I/DD). Assisted living residences are also included for this rule only, although not licensed as health care facilities under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17. 6. “Nursing facility” means an institutional setting that provides long-term care and is licensed in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17, “Licensing of Health Care Facilities.” 7. “Resident representative” means any of the following: a. An individual chosen by the resident to act on behalf of the resident in order to support the resident in decision-making; access medical, social or other personal information of the resident; manage financial matters; or receive notifications;