### Question
How is the term consumer controlled defined?


### Answer
The term **consumer controlled** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 1396n* as the following:

> a method of selecting and providing services and supports that allow the individual, or where appropriate, the individual's representative, maximum control of the home and community-based attendant services and supports, regardless of who acts as the employer of record

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1396n*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XIX-GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS**

