Section He-C 6420.02 - Definitions(a) "Case plan" means the division for children, youth and families (DCYF) written plan for the child and the family, which outlines how services will be provided, pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, III and 42 U.S.C. 671, Part E-federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance 42 USC 671(a) (16) and 42 USC 675(5) (a) -(D) state plan for foster care and adoption assistance. This term includes "placement plan."(b) "Child" means "child" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, I. The term includes "youth" and "resident."(c) "Covered service" means a service identified pursuant to He-C 6420.04 that is reimbursable under the state Medicaid program for private non-medical institutions (PNMI), therapeutic foster care, or individual service option (ISO) foster care and provided to a child or family.(d) "Department" means the department of health and human services of the state of New Hampshire.(e) "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-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C, and RSA 463.(f) "Foster care program" means a licensed child-placing agency licensed under RSA 170-E:25 which recruits, trains, licenses and supervises foster family homes and provides parental care in a licensed foster home on a regular, 24 hours a day residential basis.(g) "Individual service option (ISO) foster care" means a foster care program in which a variety of intensive therapeutic, social and community based services are provided or coordinated to meet the individual needs of a child and his or her family.(h) "Medicaid" means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs administered by the department which makes medical assistance available to eligible individuals.(i) "Medicaid time study" means the method used to identify the portion of a provider's budget devoted to treatment intervention and rehabilitation services, education, room and board, and administrative activities to identify costs that are reimbursable under the Medicaid covered service pursuant to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-87, Revised in 5/4/2004.(j) "Per diem rate" means the amount paid to a provider for each Medicaid eligible child receiving residential or foster care services.(k) "Prescribing practitioner" means any of the following state licensed health care providers that provide services identified in 42 CFR 440:130 to reduce a physical, intellectual, or behavioral disability and aid in the restoration of a recipient to their best functional level: (1) Health care providers licensed in accordance with RSA 326-B;(3) Physician assistants;(4) Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN); and(5) Any practitioner licensed by the NH board of mental health practice or NH board of psychologists.(l) "Private non-medical institution (PNMI) " means a residential treatment program as defined in 42 CFR 434.2, licensed and certified for payment by the department.(m) "Provider" means foster care program or residential treatment program.(n) "Rehabilitative services," pursuant to 42 CFR 440.130(d) , means any medical or remedial services recommended by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under state law, for maximum reduction of physical or mental disability and restoration of a beneficiary to his or her best possible functional level.(o) "Residential treatment program" means "child care agency" as defined in RSA 170-E: 25, II, including shelter care facilities as defined in RSA 170-E:25, VIII.(p) "Therapeutic foster care (TFC) " means a foster care program that has a family-centered focus in which experienced foster parents who meet the requirements in He-C 6335.12(n) and clinical support staff provide comprehensive and intensive clinical and therapeutic services to children who have chronic mental, emotional, physical, or behavioral problems that require a therapeutic treatment plan, individual supervision, and consistent programmatic structure for the child in an intensive family environment.(q) "Treatment plan" means the residential treatment program or foster care program's written, time-limited, goal-oriented therapeutic plan for the child and family developed by the treatment team, which includes strategies to address the issues that brought the child into placement and which is consistent with rehabilitative services.N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6420.02
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 49, Filed December 10, 2015, Proposed by #10986, Effective 11/26/2015, Expires11/26/2025.