"Child" means a person who has not attained
age 18 or a person with a physical or mental disability who has not attained
age 21.
"Escrow account" means an interest-bearing
account in a bank or savings and loan association that is maintained by the
department in the name of a particular child.
"Maintenance subsidy" means a monthly
payment to assist the family in meeting the living expenses and expenses
related to the care of a child with special needs in covering the cost of room,
board, clothing, and spending money. The child will also be eligible for
medical assistance pursuant to 441-Chapter 75.
"Nonrecurring expenses" means reasonable and
necessary adoption fees, court costs, attorney fees and other expenses that are
directly related to the legal adoption of a child with special needs. These
shall be limited to attorney fees, court filing fees and other court
costs.
"Physician" means a licensed medical or
osteopathic doctor as defined in rule
441-77.1 (249A).
"Presubsidy" means payment for maintenance
or special services for a child with special needs who is placed in an adoptive
home and who meets all eligibility criteria for maintenance subsidy but whose
adoption is not finalized.
"Qualified intellectual disability
professional" means a person who has at least one year of experience
working directly with persons with an intellectual disability or other
developmental disabilities and who is one of the following:
1. A doctor of medicine or
osteopathy.
2. A registered
nurse.
3. A person who holds at
least a bachelor's degree in a human services field, including but not limited
to social work, sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, or
psychology.
"Qualified mental health professional" means
a person who meets all the following conditions:
1. Holds a master's degree in a mental health
field, including but not limited to psychology, counseling and guidance,
psychiatric nursing, or social work; or is a doctor of medicine or osteopathic
medicine; and
2. Holds a current
Iowa license when required by the Iowa professional licensure laws for persons
practicing as a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a marital and family therapist, a
mental health counselor, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, a
psychiatric nurse, or a social worker; and
3. Has at least two years of postdegree
experience supervised by a mental health professional in assessing mental
health problems, mental illness, and services needs and in providing mental
health services.
"Special services subsidy" means payment to
a provider or reimbursement to the parent for medical, dental, therapeutic, or
other services, equipment or appliances required by a child to meet the child's
identified special needs.
