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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-717" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nonresidential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this part, “low intensity support services” means a program designed to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Enable a family to provide for the needs of a child or an adult who is living in the home and has a severe chronic disability that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is attributable to a physical or mental impairment, other than the sole diagnosis of mental illness, or to a combination of physical and mental impairments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is likely to continue indefinitely; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Support an adult who is living in the community and has a severe chronic disability that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is attributable to a physical or mental impairment, other than the sole diagnosis of mental illness, or to a combination of physical and mental impairments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is likely to continue indefinitely.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Low intensity support services” includes the services and items listed in §§ 7–701(d) and 7–706(c) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Low Intensity Support Services Program in the Administration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Low intensity support services shall be flexible to meet the needs of individuals or families.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Through fiscal year 2025, the Administration shall establish a cap of no less than $2,000 of low intensity support services per individual per fiscal year to a qualifying individual.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Administration shall establish a cap of no less than $1,000 of low intensity support services per individual per fiscal year to a qualifying individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may waive the cap on low intensity support services provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual seeking low intensity support services is not required to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Submit an application to the Department as provided in § 7–403 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Complete an application for the Medical Assistance Program if the low intensity support services will be provided to a minor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may develop a simplified application process for low intensity support services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Administration shall deliver services to an eligible individual seeking low intensity support services dependent on the availability and allocation of funds provided by the Administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
