N.H. Code Admin. R. He-C 6339.03 : Department of Health and Human Services —C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services —C 6300 - GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION —C 6339 - CERTIFICATION FOR PAYMENT STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED IN HOME SERVICE PROVIDERS: CHILD HEALTH SUPPORT, HOME BASED THERAPEUTIC, THERAPEUTIC DAY TREATMENT, ADOLESCENT COMMUNITY THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND INDIVIDUAL SERVICE OPTIONS - IN-HOME —C 6339.03 - Definitions

(a) "Adolescent community therapeutic services" means the implementation, coordination, and maintenance of cases involving children in need of services and delinquents, which include intensive monitoring, counseling, and supervision of juveniles.
(b) "Agency" means the board of directors, executive director, and employees of an organization that is incorporated and recognized by the NH secretary of state or another state's regulatory authority.
(c) "Applicant" means the entity that is requesting certification for payment as an in-home service provider.
(d) "Certification for payment" means the process by which the division for children, youth and families approves the qualifications of and payment to providers of community-based in-home service.
(e) "Child or minor" means an individual from birth through age 20, except as otherwise stated in a specific provision.
(f) "Child health support services" means in-home support services for children and families through the provision of supportive counseling, health assessment, health education, behavioral health management, referral to resources, coordination of services, and other supports for the purpose of improving the health and well-being of children and other family members.
(g) "Child in need of services (CHINS) " means "child in need of services" as defined by RSA 169-D:2.
(h) "Child protective service worker (CPSW) " means an employee of the division for children, youth and families who has expertise in managing cases to ensure families and children achieve safety, permanency and well-being.
(i) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his or her designee.
(j) "Community-based in-home services" means child health support, home-based therapeutic, therapeutic day treatment, individual service options in-home, and adolescent community therapeutic services.
(k) "Conflict of interest" means a situation, circumstance, or financial interest, which has the potential to cause a private interest to interfere with the proper exercise of a public duty.
(l) "Corporal punishment" means the deliberate infliction of pain intended to correct behavior or to punish.
(m) "Court-ordered" means a written decree that is issued by a district, family, superior, probate, or Supreme Court.
(n) "Department (DHHS) " means the department of health and human services.
(o) "Direct service staff" means employees, contractors, and volunteers who have access to children or access to client information.
(p) "Director" means the director of the division for children, youth and families, or the director of the division for juvenile justice services, or designee.
(q) "Division for children, youth and families (DCYF) " means the organizational unit of the department of health and human services that provides services to children and youth referred by courts pursuant to RSA 169-A, RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C, RSA 170-H and RSA 463.
(r) "DCYF Case plan" means the division for children, youth and families or the division of juvenile justice services written document, pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, III, that describes the service plan for the child and family, and addresses outcomes, tasks, responsible parties, and timeframes for correcting problems that led to abuse, neglect, delinquency, or child in need of services (CHINS) .
(s) "Evidence-informed practice" means the process of treatment, which takes into account client preferences and values, practitioner expertise, best scientific evidence, and clinical characteristics and circumstances.
(t) "Family" means a child(ren) and an adult(s) who reside in the same household and who have a birth, foster, step, adoptive, legal guardianship, or caretaker relative relationship.
(u) "Founded" means a report of abuse or neglect where the department has determined that there is a preponderance of the evidence to believe that a child has been abused or neglected.
(v) "Home-based therapeutic services" means the provision of intensive, short term, therapeutic interventions in the home setting in order to strengthen the family and prevent placement of the child(ren) .
(w) "Indicator" means a measure, for which data is available, that helps quantify the achievement of a desired result or outcome.
(x) "Individualized education plan (IEP) " means a child-specific plan that meets educational needs, as defined in RSA 186-C:2, III.
(y) "Individual service options (ISO) In-Home" means a variety of intensive therapeutic, social, and community-based services provided or coordinated to meet the individual needs of a child and his or her family in their residence to prevent placement or to provide post-placement family support, or in a DCYF general foster care setting.
(z) "Juvenile probation and parole officer (JPPO) " means an employee of DCYF who discharges the powers and duties established by RSA 170-G:16, and supervises paroled delinquents pursuant to RSA 170-H.
(aa) "Maltreatment" means the emotional or physical abuse or neglect of a child.
(ab) "Medicaid prior authorization," means the documentation provided by DCYF indicating the department's responsibility for payment for medicaid eligible children.
(ac) "NH bridges" means the automated case management, information, tracking, and reimbursement system used by DCYF.
(ad) "NH medicaid mental health authority" means the office of community mental health services administration, under the division of behavioral health within DHHS.
(ae) "Non-court-ordered" means any voluntary agreement between DCYF and a family.
(af) "Outcome" means the intended result or consequence that will occur from carrying out a program or activity.
(ag) "Performance indicators" means the utilization of data measurements to gauge program or activity performance.
(ah) "Prescribing practitioner" means a provider licensed by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice, Board of Nursing, Board of Psychology or the Board of Medicine that provides services identified on 42 CFR 440:130 to reduce a physical or mental disability and aid in the restoration of a recipient to their best functional level, who demonstrates approval of a medicaid-covered in home support services by signing the child and family's treatment plan.
(ai) "Primary Caring Adult (PCA) " means someone who:
(1) The child wants to be his or her primary caring adult with whom the child may or may not live upon case closure;
(2) Is fit to serve as the child's primary caring adult;
(3) Makes a lifelong commitment to be the child's primary source of guidance and encouragement;
(4) Understands the child's current and future needs; and
(5) Is an adult other than the child's parent.
(aj) "Program consultant" means an individual who meets the requirements of the individuals listed in He-C 6339.16(j) (1) or (j) (2) .
(ak) "Progress report" means the monthly written notes, specific case reports, and outcome reporting sent by the staff of an agency that documents improvement or lack of improvement made by the child or family toward specific goals, and may also include demographic data and performance indicators, a summary of family contacts, modification to the treatment plan, educational contacts with other professionals, and the disposition of grievances.
(al) "Provider" means the agency that serves a child or family and receives financial reimbursement from DHHS.
(am) "Quality assurance" means the process that DCYF uses to monitor the quality and effectiveness of community-based in-home services.
(an) "Service authorization" means the documentation provided by DCYF indicating the division's responsibility for payment of community-based services for non-medicaid eligible children.
(ao) "Structured decision making (SDM) " means a case management system utilizing a standardized, systematic approach to manage child protection services.
(ap) "Therapeutic day treatment services" means in-depth, short-term, outcome-oriented, therapeutic services provided to enable a child to reside in the community.
(aq) "Treatment plan" means the written, time-limited, goal-oriented, evidence based plan for the child and family developed by the provider and DCYF, which is in agreement with the DCYF case plan.
(ar) "Voluntary services" means any voluntary, non-court ordered agreement between DCYF and a family.

N.H. Code Admin. R. He-C 6339.03

(See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6339) #9263, eff 9-20-08

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 41, Filed October 13, 2016, Proposed by #11180, Effective 9/19/2016, Expires 3/18/2017.
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