N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.9.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
"Discharge" means the termination of services for a person
previously admitted into an ICF/MR and the discharging facility ceases to be
legally responsible for the care of the person.
B.
"Eligible central registry
person" means a person who has requested admission to an ICF/ MR, or
discharge from an ICF/MR and transfer to a community-based HCA funded program,
and who is determined by the HCA to meet preadmission screening criteria for
ICF/ MR and home/community-based developmental disabilities services.
C.
"ICF/MR" means an
intermediate care facility that provides food, shelter, health or
rehabilitative and active treatment for persons with mental retardation or
related conditions, and that has a current license issued by the HCA.
D.
"New admission" means a
person requesting an ICF/ MR admission for the first time and does not
otherwise qualify as a re-admission. New admissions are subject to
pre-admission screening.
E.
"NMSA" means the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978 compilation
and all the revisions and compilations thereof.
F.
"Pre-admission screening"
means the evaluation process of the health care authority to determine a
person's choice between ICF/MR and community based services, and whether the
person has a developmental disability as described in the American
association on mental retardation's manual on classification in mental
retardation (1996), or a related condition as defined by
42 CFR
435.1009.
G.
"Readmission" means a person
re-admitted to an ICF/ MR from another type of institution to which they were
transferred for the purpose of receiving acute, psychiatric care or
rehabilitation following a temporary, acute care episode. A readmission is not
subject to pre-admission screening.
H.
"Transfer" means movement of
an individual from one ICF/MR to another ICF/MR, with or without an intervening
hospital stay. A transfer is not subject to preadmission screening.
I.
"State medicaid agency" means
the health care authority.
J.
"Central registry" means a registry of persons who are requesting
or receiving services established by the HCA in accordance with Section
28-16A-15 NMSA 1978.
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