Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 19A, § 4E

As used in sections 4F to 4I, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

“CDC workforce council”, “workforce council” or “the council”, the home care program consumer directed care workforce council established pursuant to section 4F.

“Consumer”, a person to whom a CDC worker provides consumer directed care services and who is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and managing a CDC worker.

“Consumer directed care” or “CDC”, the service delivery option within the state home care program, established by the department pursuant to section 4, that provides eligible consumers with consumer directed care services and the option to select, hire, manage and dismiss consumer directed care workers providing such services.

“Consumer directed care worker” or “CDC worker”, a person who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer’s surrogate to provide consumer directed care to the consumer under the department’s home care program CDC service delivery option.

“Surrogate”, a consumer’s legal guardian or a person identified in a written agreement signed by the consumer or consumer’s legal guardian granting the surrogate the authority to act on behalf of the consumer to select, hire, manage and dismiss CDC workers; provided, however, that a surrogate shall not serve as the CDC worker for the same consumer they serve as a surrogate.