N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 406.02

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024
Section He-M 406.02 - Definitions
(a) "Applicant" means a person or guardian who is applying for acceptance into the housing bridge subsidy program.
(b) "Assertive Community Treatment" (ACT) means a team-based approach to delivering comprehensive and flexible treatment, support, and services.
(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
(d) "Community mental health program (CMHP) " means "community mental health program" as defined in RSA 135-C: 2, IV.
(e) "Controlled drug(s) " means controlled drugs as defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI.
(f) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.
(g) "Facility" means New Hampshire hospital or a receiving facility designated pursuant to RSA 135-C:26 and He-M 405, Glencliff Home, or an acute psychiatric residential treatment program.
(h) "Individual" means any person who is an applicant for or recipient of services from the housing bridge subsidy program.
(i) "Household" means the people who will occupy a housing unit under the HBSP including related family members, and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also a household.
(j) "Permanent" means community-based housing with a designated length of stay.
(k) "Program" means the housing bridge subsidy program (HBSP) administered by the department either directly or through a contract for the provision of services under this rule.
(l) "Severe mental illness" means a condition of a person who is determined severely mentally disabled in accordance with He-M 401.05 or He-M 401.07.
(m) "Severe and persistent mental illness" means a condition of a person who is determined severely mentally disabled in accordance with He-M 401.06 or He-M 401.07.
(n) "State fiscal year" means the period of time extending from July 1 of one year through June 30 of the following year.
(o) "Transitional housing services program" means the residential program for persons with a severe mental illness or severe and persistent mental illness operated on the grounds of New Hampshire Hospital.
(p) "Violent criminal offense" means any conviction that has as one of its elements the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force substantial enough to cause, or be reasonably likely to cause, serious bodily injury or property damage including but not limited to murder, manslaughter, assault, rape, robbery, burglary, arson, and kidnapping. This term does not include simple assault by itself.
(q) "Wait list" means a list of individuals who have been determined eligible for the housing bridge subsidy program but for whom funding is not available.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 406.02

Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 41, Filed October 13, 2016, Proposed by #11191, Effective 9/27/2016, Expires 9/27/2026.