§ 5310.6. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
CRRS—Community residential rehabilitation services—Transitional residential programs in community settings for persons with chronic psychiatric disability. CRRS’s provide housing, personal assistance and psychosocial rehabilitation to clients in nonmedical settings. There are two levels of care, full or partial, which are distinguished by the level of functioning of the clients served and the intensity of rehabilitation and training services provided by CRRS staff to the clients. In both levels of care, the provider acts as landlord to the client. Except host homes for children, every site used by a CRRS to house clients is owned, held, leased or controlled by the provider or a provider-affiliate.
Child—A person who is under 18 years of age and who is not an emancipated minor.
Full-care CRRS for adults—A program that provides living accommodations for the client with staff onsite whenever a client is there and a full range of personal assistance and psychosocial rehabilitation for psychiatrically disabled adults who display severe community adjustment problems and who require an intensive, structured living situation.
Full-care CRRS for children—A program providing living accommodations with maximum supervision, personal assistance and a full range of psycho-social rehabilitation services for psychiatrically disabled children who display severe interpersonal adjustment problems and who require an intensive, structured living situation.
Host home for children—A private residence of a family, other than the home of the child’s parents, with whom the CRRS contracts to provide a structured living arrangement for one to three children.
Mental disorder—Conditions classified as mental disorders by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) excluding mental retardation and drug/alcohol conditions.
Mental health professional—A person trained in a generally recognized clinical discipline, including, but not limited to, psychiatry, social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation, special education or activity therapies who has a graduate degree and clinical experience.
Mobile ambulatory—Able to walk without assistance.
Mobile nonambulatory—The ability to move from place to place with the use of devices such as walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, wheeled platforms, and the like, by a person who is otherwise unable to walk independently.
Parent—The mother or father by birth or adoption or the legal guardian of the child.
Partial-care CRRS—A program that provides living accommodations for the client. Staff is at the site on a regularly scheduled basis including evenings and weekends. A limited range of personal assistance and psychosocial services are provided for psychiatrically disabled adults who display community adjustment problems and require a living situation which includes rehabilitation and training services.
Authority The provisions of this § 5310.6 amended under Articles IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. § § 901—922 and 1001—1080).
Source The provisions of this § 5310.6 amended June 25, 1999, effective October 26, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 3295. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (211921) to (211922).
Cross References This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 5310.3 (relating to applicability).
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