District of Columbia Administrative Code

1920 DAY HABILITATION SERVICES 1920.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for day habilitation for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabili…

1921 DENTAL SERVICES The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for dental services under the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Waiver) and to establish conditions o…

1922 EMPLOYMENT READINESS SERVICES 1922.1 This section establishes standards governing Medicaid eligibility for employment readiness services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Wai…

1924 FAMILY TRAINING SERVICES 1924.1 This section shall establish conditions of participation for Medicaid providers enumerated in § 1924.9 (“Medicaid Providers”) and family training services professionals and peer employees enumerated in § 1924.8 to provide family training servi…

1925 INDIVIDUALIZED DAY SUPPORTS SERVICES 1925.1 This section establishes standards governing Medicaid eligibility for individualized day supports services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Dis…

1926 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES This section shall establish conditions of participation for Medicaid providers enumerated in § 1926.9 (Medicaid Providers) and occupational therapy professionals enumerated in § 1926.8 (professionals) to provide occupational therapy services to…

[REPEALED] SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 2470 (March 21, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 15332 (November 27, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 9380 (July 8, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR …

1928 PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES This section establishes the conditions for Medicaid providers enumerated in § 1928.10 (“Medicaid Providers”) and physical therapy services professionals enumerated in § 1928.8 (“professionals”) to provide physical therapy services to persons enroll…

1929 RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION SERVICES 1929.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for residential habilitation services under the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabili…

1930 RESPITE SERVICES 1930.1 The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for respite services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Waiver) and to…

1931 SKILLED NURSING SERVICES The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for skilled nursing services under the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Waiver) and to esta…

SPEECH, HEARING, AND LANGUAGE SERVICES 1932.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for speech, hearing, and language services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and…

1933 SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES - INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP SERVICES 1933.1 This section shall establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for supported employment services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intell…

1934 SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES 1934.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for supported living services under the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Waiver) an…

1936 WELLNESS SERVICES 1936.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing Medicaid eligibility for wellness services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Waiver),…

1937 COST REPORTS, AUDITS, AND OVERSIGHT MONITORING 1937.1 Each waiver provider of residential habilitation, host home, supported living, day habilitation, in-home supports, individualized day supports, respite, employment readiness and supported employment services shall report …

1938 HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING REQUIREMENTS 1938.1 All Supported Living, Supported Living with Transportation, Host Home Without Transportation, Residential Habilitation, Day Habilitation, Small Group Day Habilitation, Individualized Day Supports, Companion, Supported Empl…

1939 COMPANION SERVICES 1939.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing the eligibility for Medicaid reimbursement of companion services for people enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental …

1940 WAITING LIST 1940.1 The Department on Disability Services (DDS), through its Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), may establish a waiting list for people who are otherwise eligible for and requesting services and supports through enrollment in the District of Col…

1941 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 1941.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing eligibility for assistive technology services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilitie…

1942 PARENTING SUPPORT SERVICES 1942.1 The purpose of this section is to establish standards governing eligibility for parenting support services for persons enrolled in the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/…

1999 DEFINITIONS 1999.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Abbreviated Readiness Process - A process that assures that existing providers that have been approved as HCBS Waiver providers possess and demonstrate the capabil…

200 ISSUANCE OF LICENSES 200.1 Licenses to operate vending facilities within the Blind Vendors Program (also referred to in this chapter as the “Program” or the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program (“RSVFP”)) shall be issued only to blind persons who meet the following cr…

201 TERMINATION OF LICENSES 201.1 Licenses shall be issued for an indefinite period, but shall be subject to suspension or termination in the following circumstances: Improvement of vision so that the vendor no longer meets the definition of blindness set forth in § 299; or After…

202 VENDING FACILITY EQUIPMENT AND INITIAL STOCK 202.1 The licensing agency shall be responsible for furnishing each vending facility with adequate suitable equipment and initial stocks of merchandise necessary for the establishment and operation of the facility. 202.2 The right …

203 SETTING ASIDE OF FUNDS 203.1 The Program shall be supported principally through the use of set-aside funds. 203.2 The licensing agency may enter into a servicing agreement with a nominee organization for overall managerial services. 203.3 If the licensing agency enters into a…

204 INCOME FROM VENDING FACILITIES ON FEDERAL PROPERTY 204.1 Income from vending machines on federal property which has been disbursed to the licensing agency by a property managing department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States under the vending facility provisions …

205 VENDING PROVIDERS 205.1 Consistent with the scope of appropriate income from vending machines on federal and District of Columbia property described in § 204 and in 34 C.F.R. § 395.32(b)-(d), the District of Columbia Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program as the state l…

206 OPERATING AGREEMENTS 206.1 The licensing agency shall develop, with the active participation of the Committee of Blind Vendors, an operating agreement covering the basic terms and conditions which shall be entered into between the licensing agency and each vendor. 206.2 The a…

207 PROMOTION AND TRANSFER OF VENDORS 207.1 The licensing agency, with the active participation of the Blind Vendors Committee, shall establish a promotion and transfer system for vendors that shall be uniformly applied to all vacancies which develop or occur in the Program, or a…

208 PROMOTION AND TRANSFER COMMITTEE 208.1 A Promotion and Transfer Committee (“the Committee”) shall act on behalf of the licensing agency for the purpose of applying the provisions of § 207 related to awarding of rating points and decisions regarding promotions and transfers. 2…

209 RELOCATION OF VENDORS 209.1 If fifty percent (50 %) or more of the government employees are moved from the premises in which a vending facility is located to new premises in which a vending facility is to be established, the vendor of the facility in the old premises shall ha…

210 TRAINING PROGRAM 210.1 The licensing agency, with the active participation of the Blind Venders Committee, shall establish training and retraining programs. 210.2 The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Administration within the Department shall provide prospective blind vendo…

211 BLIND VENDORS COMMITTEE 211.1 The Blind Vendors Committee, as established under Mayor’s Order 77-131, dated August 8, 1977, as amended by Mayor's Order 78-22, dated January 22, 1978, consistent with 34 C.F.R. § 395.14, shall have the following functions: (a) Actively particip…

212 BLIND VENDORS COMMITTEE: MEMBERS AND ELECTIONS 212.1 The licensing agency shall provide for the biennial election of a Blind Vendors Committee, which shall be fully representative of all blind vendors in the District program. 212.2 There shall be no test of eligibility for vo…

213 BLIND VENDORS COMMITTEE: ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 213.1 The Blind Vendors Committee shall be organized to include a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a treasurer, and a secretary. 213.2 The Committee shall meet regularly with representatives of the licensing agency, and shal…

214 BLIND VENDORS COMMITTEE: MEETINGS 214.1 The licensing agency shall provide written notices to all committee members at least one (1) week prior to each regular meeting. 214.2 The notice shall contain the time and place of the meeting and a list of topics planned by the licens…

215 [REPEALED] SOURCE: 6C DCRR §§ 2.12; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4611 (October 17, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Welfare 29 DCMR § 215 AUTHORITY: DC-DCM…

216 ACCESS TO PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION 216.1 Each vendor shall be provided access to all program and financial data of the licensing agency relevant to the operation of the Program, including quarterly and annual financial reports, if that disclosure does not violate app…

217 EXPLANATION TO VENDOR OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 217.1 The licensing agency shall furnish to each vendor copies of documents relating to the operation of the Program, including the rules and regulations which contain written descriptions of the arrangements for providing …

218 DUE PROCESS SCOPE AND PROCEDURES FOR BLIND VENDORS, PROGRAM APPLICANTS AND RSVFP TRAINEES 218.1 The purpose of these regulations is to establish procedures pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 395.13, which provides vendors the opportunity to resolve disagreements when they are dissatisfi…

219 NOTICE TO BLIND VENDORS OF DUE PROCESS REMEDIES 219.1 [REPEALED.] 219.2 Each vendor shall receive written notification of his or her due process remedies at the time of licensure. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulema…

220 INFORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW MEETING 220.1 An informal administrative review meeting is a non-binding and non-adversarial informal dispute resolution process. The informal administrative review meeting process provides a vendor an opportunity to meet with the Chief of the D…

221 REQUEST FOR INFORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW MEETING/NOTICE TIMELINESS 221.1 A request for an informal administrative review meeting must be submitted in writing, within ten (10) business days, of the licensing agency action with which the blind vendor is dissatisfied. The time…

222 INFORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW MEETING PROCESS 222.1 (a) Within five (5) business days of receiving the request from the Chief of OQAFC, the DSB Chief will personally meet with the vendor and his or her authorized representative, unless such meeting is inconvenient for both p…

223 [REPEALED] SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4625 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations…

224 [REPEALED] SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4625 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations…

225 [REPEALED] SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4625 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations…

226 [REPEALED] SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4625 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations…