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

Current through August 31, 2023
For the purposes of these rules, the following terms apply:
				(3-17-22)
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." (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
03.
Area(s) of Concern
. A
			 circumstance or circumstances that brought a child and family to the attention
			 of the Department. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
05.
Behavioral Health
. An
			 integrated system for evaluation and treatment of mental health and substance
			 use disorders. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
08.
Child
. An individual who is
			 under the age of eighteen (18) years. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
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.
			 (3-17-22)
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.
			 (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
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.
			 (3-17-22)
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.
			 (3-17-22)
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.
			 (3-17-22)
17.
Director
. The Director of the Idaho Department of Health and
			 Welfare or their designee. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)
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. (3-17-22)