Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-410 - Definitions
(a) "Blood bank"
means a licensed facility that supplies blood or clotting factor.
(b) "Clotting factor" means a substance
derived from human blood or prepared by recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid
technology.
(c) "Cash assets"
means money, savings accounts, savings certificates, checking accounts, and
stocks and bonds.
(d)
"Comprehensive centers" means those facilities that provide services to
individuals with hemophilia, and meet the standards established by the national
hemophilia foundation medical and scientific advisory council in "standards and
criteria: for the care of persons with congenital bleeding disorders," approved
on July 10, 1994.
(e) "Emergency"
means an unanticipated, urgent event requiring immediate medical treatment.
(f) Family.
(1) "Family," for an eligible person who
resides with the person's parents, stepparents or legal guardian or who is
considered to be a dependent of that person's parents, stepparents or legal
guardian for income tax purposes, means the eligible person who has hemophilia,
that person's parents, stepparents or legal guardian and all other persons who
reside in the same home as that of the person who has hemophilia. Family shall
not include persons who lease or rent a portion of the residence.
(2) "Family," for an eligible person who has
established a separate residence and is no longer considered a dependent of
that person's parents, stepparents or legal guardian for income tax purposes,
means the eligible person who has hemophilia, that person's spouse and
children, and all other relatives and persons who reside in the same home as
that of the person who has hemophilia. Family shall not include persons who
lease or rent a portion of the residence.
(g) "Family income" means the total income
received by all adult members of the family based upon one or more of the
following, with the addition of non-taxable benefits from whatever source:
(1) the total amount of adjusted gross income
reported for federal income tax purposes on the most recent federal income tax
return filed by each adult member of the family; or
(2) three months of pay stubs or a letter of
anticipated earning from the employer of each adult member of the family when
the most recent federal income tax does not reflect current income.
(h) "Family living allowance"
means the amount established by the secretary as specified in K.A.R. 28-4-413.
(i) "Hemophilia" means a bleeding
tendency that results from a genetically determined deficiency factor in the
blood.
(j) "Hemophilia program"
means services that are provided for the care and treatment of persons with
hemophilia and that are administered by the secretary.
(k) "Home therapy" or "self therapy" means
the administration of transfusions of blood concentrates or blood derivatives
in a home setting.
(l) "Health
care plan" means documents prepared by the secretary that state a plan of
treatment, describe the authorized services, and identify the approved
providers of service, the time frame for provision of services and the party
responsible for payment for services.
(m) "Infusion" means therapeutic introduction
of a fluid into a vein.
(n)
"Infusion supplies" means syringes, needles and hemophilia infusion sets.
(o) "Prior authorization" means
the approval of a request to obtain blood products and other efficacious agents
or educational services pertaining to hemophilia before the provision of the
service, or in an emergency, within two working days after the emergency
occurs.
(p) "Secretary" means the
secretary of the department of health and environment or the secretary's
designee.
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