R414-510-2. Definitions

  (1) "Departments" means the Utah Department of Health and the Utah Department of Human Services.

  (2) "Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD)" means the entity within the Department of Human Services that has responsibility to plan and deliver an appropriate array of services and supports to persons with disabilities in accordance with Section 62a-5-102.

  (3) "Guardian" means an individual, who is legally authorized to make decisions on an individual's behalf.

  (4) "Interested individual" means an individual who meets eligibility requirements and expresses interest, either directly or through a guardian, in participating in the Transition Program.

  (5) "Intermediate Care Facilities" means privately-owned intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

  (6) "Length of stay" means the length of time an individual has continuously resided in ICFs in the state of Utah. The Departments consider a continuous stay to include a stay in which an individual has a temporary break in stay of no more than 31 days due to inpatient hospitalization, admission to a nursing facility, or a temporary leave of absence.

  (7) "Representative" means an individual, who is not a guardian, and does not have decision-making authority, but is identified as an individual who assists a potential Transition Program participant.

  (8) "State staff" means employees of the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing or the Division of Services for People with Disabilities.

  (9) "Transition Program" means the Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Transition Program.

  (10) "Waiver" means the Community Supports Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Other Related Conditions (CSW).