Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 17 - Single Cost Accounting System for Payment of Room and Board and Educational Expenses › Section 17a-17-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The terms used in these regulations shall, in its
				interpretation, be defined as follows unless the context clearly and
				specifically provides otherwise:
(a)
			 "Commissioner": Means the Commissioner of the Department of Children and
			 Families, hereinafter the department, or his designated
			 representative.
(b) "State
			 Department of Education": Means the Commissioner of the State Department of
			 Education, hereinafter SDE, or his designated representative.
(c) "Child": Means a person who receives
			 services at a treatment center and is under the supervision of the
			 Commissioner.
(d) "Other Minors":
			 Means persons who receive services at an Approved Private Special Education
			 Program (APSEP) of a treatment center and are not under the supervision of the
			 Commissioner.
(e) "Local
			 Educational Agency" (LEA): Means the board of education for the city, town or
			 region responsible under Connecticut General Statutes 10-76b et. seq. for the
			 education of a child or other minor residing in a treatment center.
(f) "Individualized Educational Program"
			 (IEP): Means a separate written plan for a child or other minor which shall be
			 developed by a planning and placement team to meet the needs of each child or
			 other minor requiring special education, and educational related
			 services.
(g) "Educational
			 services": Means classes, programs, activities or other services designed to
			 provide an appropriate education to a student determined to be in need of
			 special education or to a student not determined to be in need of special
			 education. In the case of a student determined to be in need of special
			 education, educational services and educational related services shall be
			 provided in accordance with the Individualized Education Program (IEP)
			 developed for the student by the Planning and Placement Team (PPT) of the
			 student's LEA.
(h) "Educational
			 Related Services": Means services to a child recommended by the planning and
			 placement team which may include the following services: psychological, health,
			 language, speech and hearing, guidance, social work, transportation, physical
			 and occupational therapy, translation, parent counseling and training in
			 understanding the educational needs of the child, and any medical services
			 required for diagnostic or evaluation purposes.
(i) "Treatment Center": Means a private
			 residential treatment center licensed by the Commissioner pursuant to
			 Connecticut General Statute 17a-145, offering residential care service and may
			 include an approved private special education program and other
			 programs.
(j) "Approved Private
			 Special Education Program" (APSEP): Means, for the purpose of these
			 regulations, that component of a treatment center which delivers special
			 education. Such school programs must be approved and supervised by the SDE
			 Commissioner pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes 10-76a et. seq.
(k) "Other Programs": Means one or more
			 programs established to provide a specific service to children, other minors
			 and other persons which the treatment center offers in addition to the
			 residential services and/or APSEP.
(l) "Residential Care Services": Means the
			 room and board and treatment services which a treatment center provides for a
			 child, including but not limited to psychological, health, psychotherapeutic,
			 language, speech, hearing, guidance, social work, therapy, translation,
			 transportation, parent counseling and training, unless such services have been
			 recommended by a Planning and Placement Team (PPT) as educational related
			 services.
(m) "Service Agreement":
			 Means a written agreement between the Commissioner, after consulting with the
			 State Department of Education, and a treatment center for the purchase of room
			 and board and, to the extent required by an IEP, education services for a
			 child.
(n) "Contract Year": Means
			 the one year period of service agreements of July 1st through June 30th unless
			 the Commissioner provides for a different schedule.
(o) "Related Party": Means persons or
			 organizations related through marriage, ability to control, ownership, family
			 or business association, with the treatment center.
(p) "Accrual Basis of Accounting": Means a
			 method used in accounting which reports all revenue when the treatment center
			 obtains an unqualified right to receive them. All expenses, purchases and other
			 bills are recorded on the book of account when the treatment center incurs a
			 clear obligation to pay them.
(q)
			 "Audited Single Cost Accounting Report" (ASCAR): Means the annual cost and
			 performance reporting document, which consists of forms provided by the
			 Commissioner and submitted by all treatment centers.
(r) "Residential Day of Care": Means a day in
			 which services are provided for the residential care of a child or other minor
			 by the treatment center.
(s)
			 "Educational Day": Means a day in which educational services are provided for
			 an enrolled child or other minor by the APSEP.
(t) "Personal Services": Means salaries and
			 wages; social security taxes; and unemployment compensation.
(u) "Other Expenses": Means professional
			 fees; consultant/contract services; food and food supplies; office
			 supplies/postage; housekeeping supplies; educational and vocational supplies;
			 miscellaneous supplies; advertising (employment); laundry and dry cleaning;
			 clothing replacement; personal needs/allowance; travel; vehicle expense;
			 conferences, conventions and meetings; maintenance and repairs; dues and fees;
			 books/periodicals; interest; use tax; and other.
(v) "Fixed Expenses": Means workers'
			 compensation; dental insurance; hospital insurance; retirement; other fringes;
			 rent; heat, light and water; depreciation; telephone and telegraph; and
			 insurance.