HIV-targeted case management shall be advisory in nature. A restriction may not be placed on qualified recipients' option to receive HIV case management services. HIV-targeted case management does not restrict or otherwise affect: Eligibility for Title XIX benefits or other available benefits or programs; The freedom of a recipient to select from all available services for which the individual is found to be eligible; or The participant's free choice of qualified providers. HIV-targeted case management may not be: Provided as an integral and inseparable part of another covered Program service; Provided as an administrative function; Rendered in connection with the implementation of the Social Security Act, §1915(b) or 1915(c); or Part of institutional discharge planning. Reimbursement may not be made for HIV-targeted case management services if the participant is: Eligible to receive services under the Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Program, as defined in COMAR 10.09.62; or Receiving comparable case management services under: The Rare and Expensive Case Management Program, as defined in COMAR 10.09.69; or Under another Program authority. A participant's case manager may not be a direct services provider for the participant.