Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.07.37 - CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Section 16.07.37.010 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS A THROUGH E

01. Alternate Care. Temporary living arrangements outside the family home that may include licensed foster care, residential treatment, and other facilities licensed by the state to provide twenty-four (24) hour care for children in accordance with IDAPA 16.06.02, "Child Care Licensing," or IDAPA 16.03.14, "Hospitals."

02. Alternate Care Plan. A component of the treatment plan for children in alternate care. The alternate care plan contains elements related to the justification of the need for Alternate Care Placement, the provision of treatment while in Alternate Care Placement, the child's alternate care provider, education, immunization, medical and other information important to the day-to-day care of the child.

03. Area(s) of Concern. A circumstance or circumstances that brought a child and family to the attention of the Department.

04. Assessment. The gathering of historical and current clinical information through a clinical interview and from other available resources to identify the child's mental health issues, the child's strengths, the family's strengths, and the service needs.

05. Behavioral Health. An integrated system for evaluation and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.

06. Case Management. A change-oriented service provided to families that assures and coordinates the provision of an assessment, treatment planning, treatment and other services, protection, advocacy, review and reassessment, documentation, and timely closure of a case.

07. Case Record. Compilation of all electronic and hard copy documentation relating to a child who is receiving or has received children's mental health services including legal documents, identifying information, and assessments.

08. Child. An individual who is under the age of eighteen (18) years.

09. Children's Mental Health Services. The children's mental health services are listed under Section 100 of these rules. These services are provided in response to the mental health needs of children eligible for services under Section 107 of these rules and their families in accordance with the provisions of the Children's Mental Health Services Act, Title 16, Chapter 24, Idaho Code.

10. Clinician. Any of the direct service personnel with a Master's degree working in regional Children's Mental Health programs, including master's level social workers, psychologists, counselors, and family therapists.

11. Crisis Intervention. A set of planned activities for a child eligible for services under Section 107 of these rules designed to reduce the risk of life-threatening harm to self or another person.

12. Crisis Plan. As part of the treatment plan, the individualized crisis plan is developed to prevent a crisis or prepare for a crisis situation and to keep the child and others safe. The crisis plan may include the child's trigger behaviors, preferred strategies for resolving a crisis, interventions to be avoided, and contact information of community resources and natural supports.

13. Crisis Response. A service for a child that involves immediate actions taken to assess risk or intervene in an emergency as defined in Section 16-2403(6), Idaho Code. A determination of eligibility under Section 107 of these rules is not required for crisis response.

14. Day Treatment Services. Intensive nonresidential services that include an integrated set of educational, clinical, social, vocational, and family interventions provided on a regularly scheduled, typically daily, basis.

15. Department. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare or its designee. The Department is designated as the State Behavioral Health Authority under Section 39-3123, Idaho Code.

16. Desired Result. Behaviorally-specific description of the child's and family's circumstances when the factors that brought the child and family to the Department's attention, either no longer exist or are significantly reduced.

17. Director. The Director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare or their designee.

18. Emergency. Emergency, as defined in Section 16-2403(6), Idaho Code, means a situation in which the child's condition, as evidenced by recent behavior, poses a significant threat to the health or safety of the child, their family or others, or poses a serious risk of substantial deterioration in the child's condition that cannot be eliminated by the use of supportive services or intervention by the child's parents, or mental health professionals, and treatment in the community while the child remains in their family home.

19. Extended Family Member of an Indian Child. As defined by the law or custom of an Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, a person who has reached the age of eighteen (18) and who is an Indian child's grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, niece or nephew, first or second cousin, or stepparent.