- (1) Residential habilitation services support persons in acquiring, retaining, and improving self-help, social, and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community-based settings.
- (2) The service includes caregiving, skills training, and supervision to a person in a noninstitutional setting. The degree and type of care, supervision, and skills training is based on the person's needs and must be identified in the plan of care.
- (3) Training may be provided in basic self-help, home and community living, and leisure and social skills.
- (4) Each training objective must be specified in the plan of care and related to the long-term goals of the person.
(5) Residential habilitation must be provided where the person lives. Settings include:
- (a) group homes;
- (b) congregate and noncongregate living apartments; and
- (c) natural homes.
Authorizing statute(s): 53-6-113, 53-6-402, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 53-6-101, 53-6-402, MCA
History: NEW, 1992 MAR p. 1490, Eff. 7/17/92; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1136, Eff. 6/30/95; TRANS, from SRS, 1998 MAR p. 3124; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 220, Eff. 1/31/14.