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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.09.90.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="90" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“1915(i)” means the 1915(i) Intensive Behavioral Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families program defined in COMAR 10.09.89.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Care coordination” means services which assist participants in gaining access to a full range of behavioral health services and, as necessary, any medical, social, financial assistance, counseling, educational, housing, and other support services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Care coordination organization (CCO)” means an entity with a minimum of 3 years of experience providing care coordination services that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are approved by the Department under this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meet the requirements of COMAR 10.09.89 to provide care coordination to participants in the 1915(i) Intensive Behavioral Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families program.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Care coordinator” means an individual employed through the care coordination organization who is responsible for providing care management services to benefit participants and families, including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Coordination of child and family team meetings; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Completion of the initial and revised plan of care.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Child and family team (CFT)” means the group of individuals, including both formal and informal supports and inclusive of the youth and the youth’s family, responsible for the creation and implementation of the plan of care.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Co-occurring disorder” means a diagnosis based on the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric Association where the participant is indicated as having both a mental illness and substance use disorder.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Core service agency” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.21.17.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Department” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01 and refers to the Department or its designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Medical Assistance Program” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Mental Health Case Management: Care Coordination for Children and Youth” has the same meaning as “care coordination” as defined in this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Mental health professional” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.21.17.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Mental health services” means those services described in COMAR 10.09.70.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Minor” means a child or adolescent younger than 16 years old.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Natural supports” means any individual who plays a positive, but nonprofessional, role in someone’s plan of care.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Participant” means an individual who meets the qualifications for participation in care coordination that are specified in Regulation .03 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Plan of care (POC)” means the individualized plan for supports and services prepared according to the requirements outlined in this chapter for a specific participant in care coordination, including a POC developed for 1915(i) participants pursuant to COMAR 10.09.89.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Program” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Provider” means the care coordination provider.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“Recipient” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“Residential treatment center (RTC)” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.07.04.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>“Serious emotional disturbance (SED)” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.21.17.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>“Young adult” means an individual who is 18 years old or older but not older than 21 years old.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>