Utah Admin. Code R414-510-2 - Definitions
(1) "Department" means the Department of
Health and Human Services.
(2)
"Division of Integrated Healthcare (DIH)" means the division within the
department that administers the Medicaid program.
(3) "Division of Licensing and Background
Checks (DLBC)" means the entity within the department that licenses foster
homes, child care facilities, human services programs, and health
facilities.
(4) "Division of
Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD)" means the entity within the
department that has responsibility to plan and deliver an appropriate array of
services and supports to persons with disabilities in accordance with
Subsection
26B-6-402(2).
(5) "Education and in-reach (EI) staff" means
staff employed by the department to provide individuals with information and
resources to help them make informed decisions about where they want to receive
their long-term services and supports.
(6) "Guardian" means an individual who is
legally authorized to make decisions on an individual's behalf.
(7) "Healthcare decision-making" means
decision-making as defined in Subsection
75-2a-103(12).
(8) "Home and community-based services
(HCBS)" means person-centered care delivered in the home and community,
designed to enable individuals to stay in their homes, rather than living in a
facility for care.
(9) "Interested
individual designation" means the status of an individual who resides in an ICF
and expresses interest in participating in the ICF transition
program.
(10) "ICF" means a
privately owned intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual
disabilities.
(11) "Length-of-stay"
means the length of time an individual has resided continuously in an ICF
within the state. The department considers a continuous stay to include a stay
in which an individual has a temporary break-in-stay of no more than 31
days.
(12) "Long-term services and
supports (LTSS)" means a broad range of Medicaid- reimbursed assistance
provided to individuals who experience difficulty completing self-care tasks as
a result of an intellectual disability or related condition. LTSS may be
provided in facilities or in HCBS settings.
(13) "Representative" means a person, who is
not a legal guardian, but is identified as an individual who assists a
potential transition program participant.
(14) "Transition worker" means a staff person
employed by the department who is assigned to assist an individual who has
expressed interest in moving into HCBS.
(15) "Supported decision-making (SDM) tool"
means the form completed by EI staff to determine an individual's communication
abilities and preferences, and to assist in supporting an individual's current
ability to engage in decision-making.
(16) "Unable to determine interest
designation" means the status of an individual who cannot clearly express in
writing, or by any other means through which a reasonable person would
recognize, a preference for where the individual wants to receive
LTSS.
(17) "Undecided designation"
means the status of an individual who has yet to make a decision about where to
receive LTSS.
(18) "Waiver" means
the Community Transitions Waiver, a Medicaid waiver program authorized under
Subsection 1915(c) of the Social Security Act.
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