3.1 Taxonomy Definition: H004-00 – Alternative Residential Services - An alternative setting to an individual’s own home that is licensed or certified to provide one or more of the following: room and board, health care, health related services, behavioral health services and/or habilitation for residents on a continuing basis. The setting is not a licensed nursing care institution. 3.2 Actual Service Description: A temporary intensive behavioral support program in a community residential setting for select DDD Members. This service supports the DDD Members’ choice to live in and access opportunities in their communities. The services offered in Behavioral Supported Group Home enable the DDD Members to return or transition into a less restrictive environment when clinically appropriate with the result of reduced psychiatric hospitalizations, medical hospitalizations, and emergency room visits.
