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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-706" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nonresidential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Eligible person” means an individual with a developmental disability that is likely to continue indefinitely or an individual with a severe chronic disability that is attributable to a physical or mental impairment, other than the sole diagnosis of mental illness, or to a combination of mental and physical impairments that is likely to continue indefinitely.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Individual support services” means a program designed to assist eligible persons in developing their maximum potential and in maintaining themselves in the community.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Individual support services” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Identification services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Training and support for self–advocacy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Therapeutic services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Individual and family counseling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Medical equipment purchase, rental, and repair;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Crisis intervention and follow–up;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Attendant care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Respite services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Barrier removal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Transportation assistance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Community integration services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Employment related services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Other services to maximize independence, productivity, and integration within the community.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Program” means the Individual Support Services Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
