Section He-C 6343.03 - Definitions(a) "Accompanied transportation services" means transportation of children and approved adults to and from appointments or educational programs as approved by the child's local education agency.(b) "Agency" means the board of directors, executive director, and employees of an organization that is incorporated and recognized by the NH secretary of state or by another state.(c) "Applicant" means the person or entity that is requesting certification for payment as a transportation service provider.(d) "Caregiver" means an individual who is providing care for the child(ren) .(e) "Certification for payment" means the process by which DCYF approves the qualifications of, and payment to providers of transportation services.(f) "Child or minor" means an individual from birth through age 20, except as otherwise stated in a specific provision.(g) "Child protective service worker (CPSW) " means an employee of DCYF who has expertise in managing child protection cases to ensure families and children achieve safety, permanency and well-being.(h) "Child in need of services (CHINS) " means "child in need of services" as defined by RSA 169-D:2, II.(i) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his or her designee.(j) "Conflict of interest" means any situation, circumstance, or financial interest, which has the potential to cause a provider's private interest to directly or indirectly affect, influence, or interfere with the performance of his or her duties as a provider for DCYF.(k) "Department" means the department of health and human services.(l) "Destination provider" means the individual, social service agency, or other family support service provider that a child is being transported to or returning from.(m) "Director" means the director of DCYF or his or her designee.(n) "Division for children, youth, and families (DCYF) " means the organizational unit of the department of health and human services that provides services to children and youth referred by courts pursuant to RSA 169-A, RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C, RSA 170-H and RSA 463.(o) "Educational transportation service" means the transportation of children from their residence or other setting to their school placement and back to their residence or other setting as approved by DCYF.(p) "Foster Care" means the supervised 24-hour substitute care of a child placed away from their parent or legal guardian for whom the State has placement and care responsibility. This includes family foster homes, relative homes, pre-adoptive homes, shelters, and residential facilities.(q) "Juvenile probation and parole officer (JPPO) " means an employee of DCYF who discharges the powers and duties established by RSA 170-G:16, and supervises paroled delinquents pursuant to RSA 170-H.(r) "Medically necessary" means reasonably calculated to prevent, diagnose, correct, cure, alleviate, or prevent the worsening of conditions that endanger life, cause pain, result in illness or infirmity, threaten to cause or aggravate a handicap, or cause physical deformity or malfunction, and no other equally effective course of treatment is available or suitable.(s) "NH bridges" means the automated case management, information, tracking, and reimbursement system used by DCYF.(t) "Outcome" means the intended result or consequence that occurs from carrying out a program or activity.(u) "Performance indicators" means the utilization of data measurements to gauge program or activity performance.(v) "Private vehicle transportation services" means transportation of children and families to and from non-medicaid support services via a provider's own vehicle.(w) "Provider" means the individual or agency that serves a child or family and receives financial reimbursement from the department.(x) "Public transportation services" means transportation services arranged through a travel agency to children and families to and from support services.(y) "Quality assurance" means the process that DCYF use to monitor the quality and effectiveness of community-based transportation services.(z) "Relative care" means the placement of a child, who has a legal relationship with DCYF, in a home in which one of the responsible caregivers is a person related to the child.(aa) "Secure transportation services" means transportation of children in law enforcement vehicles, who are considered to be at risk of flight from custody, present significant behavior management issues, or exhibit harmful behaviors toward themselves or others, and who require physical restraint while being transported.(ab) "Service authorization" means the documentation provided by DCYF indicating the division's responsibility for payment of community-based services.(ac) "Service reports" means a written report that includes demographic and performance indicators.(ad) "Support services" means services that assist families in remedying the circumstances attributed to abuse and neglect, delinquency, and CHINS behaviors.(ae) "Transport aide" means an individual age 21 or older, employed by an accompanied transportation service provider who accompanies a child, and approved adult(s), to and from appointments and remains on-site with child during the appointment.(af) "Travel Agency" means an agency engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, and trips for travelers.N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6343.03
(See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6343) #9390, eff 3-1-09
Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 06, Filed February 7, 2019, Proposed by #12592, Effective 7/26/2018, Expires 1/22/2019.Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 16, Filed April 18, 2019, Proposed by #12750, Effective 3/26/2019, Expires 3/26/2029.