Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65G - Agency for Persons with Disabilities › Chapter 65G-13 - INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORTS › Section 65G-13.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "APD iConnect" or "iConnect" means the
				Agency for Persons with Disabilities' ("Agency") designated data management
				system as described in Section
				 393.066(2),
				Florida Statutes (F.S.), Chapter 65G-12,
Florida Administrative
				Code
("F.A.C."), and the Florida Medicaid Developmental Disabilities
				Individual Budgeting Waiver Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook
				("iBudget Handbook"), which is incorporated by reference in Rule
				 59G-13.070, F.A.C.
(2) "Benefit payments" has the same meaning
				as set forth in section
				 402.33, Florida Statutes
				(F.S.).
(3) "Central record" means,
				as described in Section
				 393.13(4)(i),
				F.S., a collection of paper or electronic files established by the Agency that
				pertains to each client. Each client central record is maintained by his or her
				support coordinator and contains the client's updated demographic information;
				contact information for the client's legal representative(s); releases of
				information; legal documents (such as a designation of power of attorney,
				healthcare surrogate, or guardianship, as well as guardian advocate papers and
				court orders); medical and medication information; results of assessments,
				eligibility determinations, and evaluations; and service delivery information,
				including cost plans, written service authorizations, and implementation plans,
				as required.
(4) "Client" has the
				same meaning as provided in Section
				 393.063, F.S.
(5) "Family care services" means direct
				supports provided through the IFS program to clients in the family
				home.
(6) "Family home" means the
				primary residence occupied by the client and any of the client's family
				member(s).
(7) "Family member"
				means a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece,
				nephew, stepchild, stepparent, stepsibling, in-law, and adoptive relationships,
				who is not a client of the Agency.
(8) "Fiscal agent" means a person who serves
				as the designated payee of a disability benefit payment, is a co-signer on bank
				accounts, maintains physical possession of banking records, or otherwise
				controls the client's finances.
(9)
				"Guardian advocate referrals" mean referrals or recommendations to
				organizations in order to obtain a guardian advocate, as defined in Section
				 393.063, F.S., to represent a
				client of the Agency pursuant to Section
				 393.12, F.S.
(10) "Habilitative services" means specific
				training activities that help a client to acquire, maintain, or improve
				self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills to enable a client to reside in
				the community.
(11) "Home and
				Community-Based Services ("HCBS") Waiver" or "Waiver" means the Medicaid waiver
				program authorized by 42
				U.S.C. 1396n(c)(1) of the
				Federal Social Security Act and Section
				 409.906, F.S., the
				administration of which the Agency for Health Care Administration ("AHCA") is
				responsible, and which consists of the Waiver service delivery system and
				utilizes individual budgets that are required pursuant to Section
				 393.0662, F.S., under which the
				Agency, in consultation with AHCA, operates the Developmental Disabilities
				Individual Budgeting ("iBudget") Waiver.
(12) "Imminent serious jeopardy" means a
				situation in which a client or other individual(s) are likely to encounter
				substantial harm within the immediate future without the provision of
				Individual and Family Supports to the client, or the client would require
				institutionalization without Individual and Family Supports within the
				immediate future.
(13) "Individual
				and Family Supports" or "IFS" means temporary assistance the Agency provides to
				meet critical service needs of a client, funded by Social Services Block Grant
				funds and General Revenue funds.
(14) "Individual Financial Profile" or "IFP"
				means a profile developed by a client of the Agency or a client's legal
				representative and the client's support coordinator or, if applicable,
				supported living coach, which accurately reflects the client's finances and is
				required to determine the client's need for an in-home subsidy.
(15) "In-home subsidy" or "HIS" means a type
				of financial assistance the Agency may provide to a client living in his or her
				own home, based on the client's needs identified in his or her Individual
				Financial Profile, with supporting documentation, that is either provided
				monthly or as a one-time basis. The subsidy includes the following:
(a) "Monthly in-home subsidy" means financial
				assistance the Agency may provide on a monthly basis for a set amount of time
				to a client who has demonstrated an ongoing need for financial assistance in
				order to live in his or her own home.
(b) "Start-up in-home subsidy" means
				financial assistance the Agency may provide, which is approved on a one-time
				basis as a single supplement to the client's income to cover start-up costs
				based on the client's individual needs.