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COMAR 10.09.20.09 — Covered Services: Personal Assistance (Community Personal Assistance Services)
MarylandregulationMaryland Department of Health, Medical Care Programs (Medicaid)· effective 2016-03-14
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Delegated nursing functions are covered only if specified in the participant's plan of service and rendered in accordance with the Maryland Nurse Practice Act, COMAR 10.27.11, and other Board of Nursing requirements.(COMAR 10.09.20.09 — Covered Services: Personal Assistance (Community Personal Assistance Services))
- 2Personal assistance services may not include services rendered to or primarily for the benefit of anyone other than the participant, the cost of food or meals, or housekeeping services other than those incidental to covered services.(COMAR 10.09.20.09 — Covered Services: Personal Assistance (Community Personal Assistance Services))
- 3Covered personal assistance services must be approved in the plan of service and rendered to a participant by a qualified provider in the participant's home or a community setting.(COMAR 10.09.20.09 — Covered Services: Personal Assistance (Community Personal Assistance Services))
- 4Assistance with self-administration of medications, or administration of medications or other remedies, is covered only when ordered by a physician.(COMAR 10.09.20.09 — Covered Services: Personal Assistance (Community Personal Assistance Services))
Applies to: personal care
Defines the personal assistance services covered under CPAS (ADLs, delegated nursing, IADLs, medication assistance) and the services that may not be covered.
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