Explanation of Contracted Service Codes. To see formal descriptions please visit Scope of Work and Special Conditions provided by Utah’s Department of Health & Human Services.
Services Codes
Behavior Consultation (BC1/BC2, BC3)
Behavior Consultation (BC) provides support to individuals with behavioral needs, by creating behavior goals that increase the individual’s ability to transition into the community.
- BC1: Provides supports to Persons with mild behavior problems by developing behavior interventions that increase the Person’s ability to be integrated into the community.
- BC2: Provides supports to Persons with serious, non-life-threatening behavior by developing behavior interventions that increase the Person’s ability to be integrated into the community. Some examples include: Mild aggression, property destruction, eating, toileting, or other comparable behaviors.
- BC3: Extremely complex or challenging behavior, such as a life-threatening danger to themselves or others.
Chore and Homemaker (CHA, HSQ)
Provides assistance to keep an individual's home clean, and sanitary.
- Chore (CHA): Supports with heavy household chores. Such as washing floors, walls, and windows. Snow removal, lawn care, securing loose tiles, moving heavy furniture (to provide safe access), and other comparable chores.
- Homemaker (HSQ): Light household duties such as cleaning dishes, meal preparation, laundry, cleaning bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, and other comparable chores.
Companion Services (COM)
One-on-one non-medical care, support, socialization, and supervision for individuals.
Supported Living (SLH, SLN)
Provides skill-building to an individual to support their goal of living independently. Such as personal care, household chores, budgeting, advocacy, communication, and applying for benefits.
- (SLH): Provider is responsible for maintaining the health and safety of the individual.
- (SLN): Provider is NOT primarily responsible for maintaining the health and safety of the individual. Usually, the individual will have natural supports in place to help.
Day Supports (DSG/DSP, DSI, EPR)
Provides safe daily support, supervision, and skill building.
- Day Supports Group (DSG/DSP)
- Day Supports - Group (DSG): When a Person participates in a group Day Program that is on average 6 hours a day.
- Day Supports - Partial (DSP): When a Person participates in a group Day Program and has day support needs that may include partial day support needs, which are, on average, up to four hours a day; or extended day support needs which are, on average, between seven and a maximum of ten hours a day.
- Day Supports - Individual (DSI): Individual setting or one-on-one. Provides a safe, non-residential habilitation program to prevent isolation of a Person while providing daily support and skills building, supporting the Person’s choice of participating in, and contributing to their community. For example, One-on-one day time care, One-to-one day activities, One-to-one adult care.
- Employment preparation services (EPR): Time-limited (24 months) support for an individual to gain employment skills. Such as communication skills with co-workers, customers, and supervisors, following directions, and problem-solving.
Fiscal Agent (payroll services) (FMS)
Financial Management Services are provided by a Fiscal Agent in connection with the Self-Administered Services Model.
A Fiscal Agent is a company contracted with DSPD to handle employee payroll, including state and federal tax deductions. The fiscal agent will issue paychecks to employees who are delivering services based on approved timesheets.
Transportation (MTP)
Motor transportation payment: Provides transportation to and from day support and supported employment in a group.
Residential Services (RHS, PPS, HHS, ELS)
Provides a supervised residential setting.
- Residential Habilitation Supports (RHS): Group setting. Provides skilled residential assistance that supports a Person to live as independently and self-determined a life as possible, in a setting that is integrated in their community.
- Professional Parent Support (PPS): For children under 22 years of age to receive residential service in a family home.
- Host Home Services (HHS): For adults who are 18 years of age or older to receive residential service in a family home.
- Extended Living Supports (ELS): Provides supervision and support to individuals in residential services during times when the individual is unable to attend their day program.
Personal Assistance (PAC)
Provides services to individuals who are medically capable of directing their own care or have another individual to help direct their care. Such as eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, and accessing community services.
Personal Budgeting Service (PBA)
Provides support to an individual with financial needs.
Professional Medication Monitoring (PM1/PM2)
Provides medication management services, medication monitoring, and medication and medical equipment education and training to assure the health and safety of a Person.
Professional Nursing Services (PN1/PN2)
Provides skilled nursing services such as hands-on care, medical devices such as ventilators, G-tubes, urinary catheters, trachs, injections, g-tube feedings, and complex medication administration.
Respite (RP, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, RPS)
Provides relief to an individual's caregiver.
- RP2: Respite without room and board (Non-overnight)
- *RP3: Exceptional care (Required medical equipment, or higher medical or behavioral needs) without room and board.
- RP4: Respite with room and board
- *RP5: Exceptional care with room and board.
- *RPS: Camp, dance, or summer program.
*RP3, RP5, RPS - available for Community Transition Waiver (CTW) and Community Supports Waiver (CSW) only*
Supported Employment (SEC, SED, SEE, SEI)
Support individuals to obtain, maintain or advance in employment.
- Supported Employment with a co-worker(SEC): (Already obtained natural support at the workplace) Pass through payment to the Employer of the co-worker.
- Supported Employment in a group (SED): Mobile work in a group setting to gain experience in differing jobs.
- Supported Employment Enterprise (SEE): Supports individuals with self-employment.
- Supported employment for an individual (SEI): Job coaching, such as role-playing, time management, assistance with communication, etc.
Family and Individual Training and Preparation (TFB)
Provides coaching for Persons and their Family members.
For the purpose of this service, “Family” is defined as the individuals who are not employed to provide supports to the Person, and who live with or provide supports to the Person. It may include a parent, spouse, children, relatives, or in-laws.