56-234A. DEFINITIONS. As used in sections 56-234 through 56-235E, Idaho Code:
(1) "Admission-discharge committee" means an interdisciplinary team of at least three (3) individuals designated by the director to evaluate persons as required by the provisions of sections 56-234 through 56-235E, Idaho Code. Each committee member must be specially qualified by training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of persons with a developmental disability.
(2) "Certified family home" means a family home as defined in section 39-3502, Idaho Code.
(3) "Community facility" means a privately owned or operated nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, licensed residential or assisted living facility, other organization licensed, recognized, or certified by the department to provide care or treatment to persons with developmental disabilities, or a publicly owned or operated facility licensed for eight (8) beds or less as an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities.
(4) "Department" means the Idaho department of health and welfare.
(5) "Developmental disabilities" means a chronic disability of a person as defined in section 66-402, Idaho Code.
(6) "Director" means the director of the Idaho department of health and welfare or his designee.
(7) "Discharge" means an admission-discharge committee has determined that there is an available community facility or private residence that is least restrictive, appropriate and consistent with the needs of the individual.
(8) "Medically fragile" means an individual with a developmental disability and a chronic medical condition that is characterized by periods of acute exacerbation or potentially life-threatening episodes and that may require frequent hospitalizations or prolonged recuperation periods and ongoing monitoring and assistance by a licensed registered nurse.
(9) "Private residence" means a certified family home or a single family dwelling or apartment in a multiple dwelling or apartment complex that is used by an individual as a place of abode and that is not used for commercial purposes.
(10) "Resident" means an individual who is admitted to or resides at the southwest Idaho treatment center.
(11) "Transfer" means relocating and moving a person who is a resident of the southwest Idaho treatment center from that institution to a community facility or private residence or from one (1) community facility or private residence to another. Transfer does not include relocating or moving a resident of the southwest Idaho treatment center between rooms or beds within the southwest Idaho treatment center.
History:
[56-234A, added 2011, ch. 101, sec. 2, p. 257; am. 2012, ch. 107, sec. 8, p. 293.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW
Section 56-202 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE.
Section 56-203 - POWERS OF STATE DEPARTMENT.
Section 56-203A - AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT — SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Section 56-203C - POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.
Section 56-203D - SET-OFF PROCEDURE FOR CHILD SUPPORT DEBT.
Section 56-203E - LOTTERY PRIZE SET-OFF PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORT DEBT.
Section 56-203F - REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 56-204A - SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
Section 56-204B - TEMPORARY SHELTER CARE.
Section 56-205 - ISSUANCE OF SNAP BENEFITS.
Section 56-206 - GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-207 - OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-208 - AID TO THE BLIND.
Section 56-209 - ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
Section 56-209a - AID TO THE DISABLED.
Section 56-209b - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE — MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.
Section 56-209c - DENIAL OF PAYMENT FOR ABORTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Section 56-209e - ELIGIBILITY OF MARRIED COUPLES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Section 56-209f - STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MEDICALLY INDIGENT RESIDENTS.
Section 56-209g - PHARMACY REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 56-209h - ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.
Section 56-209i - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Section 56-209j - SUBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENING AND TESTING PROGRAMS.
Section 56-209l - TREATMENT PROVISIONS.
Section 56-209n - MEDICAID FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 56-209o - FAILURE TO RETAIN RECORDS.
Section 56-209p - PAYMENT FOR MIDWIFE SERVICES.
Section 56-210 - AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-211 - APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — VERIFICATION FOR FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.
Section 56-212 - INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION.
Section 56-213 - EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE BLINDNESS.
Section 56-214 - AWARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — INELIGIBILITY UPON TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
Section 56-214A - AWARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — RECIPIENT’S RIGHT OF FREE CHOICE.
Section 56-215 - REDETERMINATION OF AWARDS.
Section 56-216 - APPEAL AND FAIR HEARING.
Section 56-217 - COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
Section 56-218 - RECOVERY OF CERTAIN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-218A - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE LIENS DURING LIFE OF RECIPIENT.
Section 56-219 - PAYMENT FOR INCOMPETENT RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-220 - PAYMENT ON DEATH OF RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-221 - CONFIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECORDS.
Section 56-222 - MISUSE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LISTS AND RECORDS.
Section 56-223 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE NOT ASSIGNABLE.
Section 56-225 - REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF TRANSFER OR ENCUMBRANCE OF REAL PROPERTY — RULEMAKING.
Section 56-226 - MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT.
Section 56-227 - FRAUDULENT ACTS — PENALTY.
Section 56-227A - PROVIDER FRAUD — CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Section 56-227B - PROVIDER FRAUD — DAMAGES.
Section 56-227C - SUBPOENA POWER.
Section 56-227E - OBSTRUCTION OF INVESTIGATION.
Section 56-227F - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFIT CARDS — PROHIBITED USES.
Section 56-228 - LIMITATIONS OF ACT.
Section 56-229 - SEPARABILITY.
Section 56-233 - PROCEDURE FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS TO RECIPIENTS.
Section 56-234 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 56-234A - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-235 - SOUTHWEST IDAHO TREATMENT CENTER.
Section 56-235A - PROHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON ADMISSION.
Section 56-235B - DISCHARGE PLANNING — AUTHORIZATION TO DISCHARGE.
Section 56-235C - NOTICE OF DISCHARGE — REQUEST FOR HEARING.
Section 56-235E - RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Section 56-251 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 56-253 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 56-254 - ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-255 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM — SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED.
Section 56-256 - PREVENTIVE HEALTH ASSISTANCE.
Section 56-261 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
Section 56-263 - MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN.
Section 56-264 - RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Section 56-265 - PROVIDER PAYMENT.
Section 56-266 - AUTHORIZATION TO OBTAIN FEDERAL APPROVAL.
Section 56-267 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION.
Section 56-268 - SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION.