[PART XXXVIII.] HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES
§321-481 Definitions. As used in this part:
"Certificate of approval" means the certificate issued by the department or its designee that authorizes a person, agency, or organization to operate a community care foster family home.
"Client" means any person who receives home and community-based case management services to reside in a community care foster family home, expanded adult residential care home, or assisted living facility.
"Community care foster family home" or "home" means a home that:
"Department" means the department of health.
"Designee" means a person, institution, organization, or agency authorized by the department to issue certificates of approval to community care foster family homes and to monitor these homes for certificate compliance and quality assurance. The department's designee shall perform these functions for the department and shall not, at the same time, function as a home and community-based case management agency or a community care foster family home as defined in this section.
"Home and community-based case management agency" means any person, agency, or organization licensed by the department to provide, coordinate, and monitor comprehensive services to meet the needs of clients whom the agency serves in a community care foster family home or any medicaid clients in an expanded adult residential care home, or an assisted living facility.
"License" means an approval issued by the department or its authorized agents for a person, agency, or organization to operate as a home and community-based case management agency. [L 2012, c 93, pt of §2; am L 2017, c 30, §2]