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(j) Special diets. Special diets may not provide or replace the
nutritional equivalent of meals and snacks normally required
regardless of developmental disability.
(k) Specialized medical equipment and supplies as well as the
following provisions:
(A) When specialized medical equipment and supplies are
primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, the
purchase, rental, or repair of specialized medical equipment
and supplies with support services funds must be limited to the
types of equipment and supplies permitted under the State
Medicaid Plan and specifically those that are not excluded
under OAR 410-122-0080.
(B) Support services funds may be used to purchase more of
an item than the number allowed under the State Medicaid Plan
after the limits specified in the State Medicaid Plan have been
reached, requests for purchases have been denied by the State
Medicaid Plan or private insurance, and the denial has been
upheld in an applicable hearing or private insurance benefit
appeals process.
(C) Devices, aids, controls, supplies, or appliances primarily
and customarily used to enable an individual to increase the
individual's abilities to perform ADLs or to perceive, control, or
communicate with the environment in which the individual lives,
may be purchased with support services funds when the
individual's developmental disability otherwise prevents or limits
the individual's independence in these areas. Equipment and
supplies that may be purchased for this purpose must be of
direct benefit to the individual and include:
(i) Adaptive equipment for eating, (i.e., utensils, trays,
cups, bowls that are specially designed to assist an
individual to feed him or herself);
(ii) Positioning devices;
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