New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 371 - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Part 9 - ADMISSION, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER OF ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS FOR SERVICES IN ICF/MR FACILITIES
Section 8.371.9.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Discharge" means the termination of services for a person previously admitted into an ICF/MR and the discharging facility ceases to be legally responsible for the care of the person.
B. "Eligible central registry person" means a person who has requested admission to an ICF/ MR, or discharge from an ICF/MR and transfer to a community-based HCA funded program, and who is determined by the HCA to meet preadmission screening criteria for ICF/ MR and home/community-based developmental disabilities services.
C. "ICF/MR" means an intermediate care facility that provides food, shelter, health or rehabilitative and active treatment for persons with mental retardation or related conditions, and that has a current license issued by the HCA.
D. "New admission" means a person requesting an ICF/ MR admission for the first time and does not otherwise qualify as a re-admission. New admissions are subject to pre-admission screening.
E. "NMSA" means the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978 compilation and all the revisions and compilations thereof.
F. "Pre-admission screening" means the evaluation process of the health care authority to determine a person's choice between ICF/MR and community based services, and whether the person has a developmental disability as described in the American association on mental retardation's manual on classification in mental retardation (1996), or a related condition as defined by 42 CFR 435.1009.
G. "Readmission" means a person re-admitted to an ICF/ MR from another type of institution to which they were transferred for the purpose of receiving acute, psychiatric care or rehabilitation following a temporary, acute care episode. A readmission is not subject to pre-admission screening.
H. "Transfer" means movement of an individual from one ICF/MR to another ICF/MR, with or without an intervening hospital stay. A transfer is not subject to preadmission screening.
I. "State medicaid agency" means the health care authority.
J. "Central registry" means a registry of persons who are requesting or receiving services established by the HCA in accordance with Section 28-16A-15 NMSA 1978.
