New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-W - Former Division of Human Services
Chapter He-W 500 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part He-W 573 - WHEELCHAIR VAN SERVICES
Section He-W 573.01 - Definitions

(a) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.

(b) "Medicaid" means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs administered by the department, which makes medical assistance available to eligible individuals.

(c) "Recipient" means an individual who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the medicaid program.

(d) "Round trip" means transportation from a pick-up point, to a medical provider waiting for the recipient, and transporting the recipient back to the point of pick-up.

(e) "Title XIX program" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.

(f) "Title XXI program" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XXI of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.

(g) "Wait time" means the time a wheelchair van drivers may have to wait for a recipient to complete a medical appointment.