Section He-W 552.02 - Definitions(a) "Chronically wheelchair mobile" means the recipient, due to a physical disability, must use a wheelchair for mobility.(b) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(c) "Legally responsible relative" means a spouse, or the parent(s) of a minor child, including step-parents, foster parents and legal guardians, who are legally responsible to provide care for another person.(d) "Medicaid" means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs, administered by the department, which make medical assistance available to eligible individuals.(e) "Member of the recipient's family" means an individual related to the recipient within the second degree of kinship, including: (1) A spouse, parent, step-parent, sister, or brother; or(2) A grandparent, aunt, or uncle residing in the same household.(f) "Natural supports" means the help and care that an individual receives from his or her family, friends, significant others, roommates, neighbors, and other community resources, including unpaid voluntary services.(g) "Personal care attendant (PCA) " means a person who meets the requirements set forth in He-W 552.04(b) and is an employee of or is under contract with a personal care service provider(s) to provide personal care attendant services.(h) "Personal care attendant services (PCA services) " means medically oriented personal care services as more fully described in He-W 552.05(b) which are provided by a personal care attendant in the recipient's home, workplace, or other non-institutional setting to gain greater control over his or her life in accordance with RSA 161-E.(i) "Provider" means an entity that employs or contracts with the personal care attendant to provide PCA services and meets the requirements set forth in He-W 552.04(a) .(j) "Recipient" means any individual who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the medicaid program.(k) "Title XIX" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.(l) "Title XXI" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XXI of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.N.H. Admin. Code § He-W 552.02
(See Revision Note at chapter heading He-W 500); ss by #4993, eff 11-30-90, EXPIRED: 11-30-96
New. #6742, eff 4-30-98; ss by #8597, eff 3-30-06; ss by #10562, INTERIM, eff 3-30-14, EXPIRES: 9-26-14; ss by #10676, eff 9-26-14 (from He-W 552.01 )
Amended byVolume XXXIV Number 41, Filed October 9, 2014, Proposed by #10676, Effective 9/26/2014, Expires 9/26/2024.