Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 11 - Community and Family Support System › Chapter 161 - Community and Family Support System-Flexible Family Fund › Section I-16103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Child
-an individual under the age of
					 18.
Developmental Disability
-defined in
					 accordance with the Developmental Disability Law at
					 R.S.
					 28:451.2(12).
Emotional Disturbance Severity Screening
					 Instrument
-a tool selected and used by the Local Governing Entity
					 (LGE) providing behavioral health services for the purposes of determining if
					 the individual meets severity criteria to receive the Flexible Family Fund for
					 the exceptionality of emotional disturbance.
Exceptionality
-all disabilities identified
					 under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), including gifted
					 and/or talented as defined in state law.
Family
-the basic family unit consists of
					 one or more adults and children related by blood, marriage or adoption, and who
					 reside in the same household.
Flexible Family Fund (formerly Cash Subsidy
					 Program)
-a monetary stipend paid to families of eligible children to
					 assist in keeping their child with a severe disability at home.
Independent Education Evaluation (IEE)
-an
					 evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner not employed by the local
					 education agency (LEA) responsible for the education of the child as a
					 substitute for the evaluation of the child obtained by the LEA in the event a
					 parent disagrees with the LEA's evaluation.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
-a
					 written statement for a child with a disability that is developed, reviewed,
					 and revised in accordance with
					 34 C.F.R.
					 300.324 through  34 C.F.R. 300.328.
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
					 Screening Checklist
-a tool used by the Local Governing Entity (LGE)
					 for applicants of Flexible Family Fund, who have a qualifying exceptionality,
					 to determine if the child meets the definition of Developmental Disability in
					 accordance with
					 R.S.
					 28:451.2(12).
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Severity
					 Screening Instrument
-a tool used by the LGE for applicants for the
					 Flexible Family Fund, who have a qualifying exceptionality and have met the
					 criteria on the Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Screening
					 Checklist, to screen the degree of limitation and impact of the child's
					 developmental disability on the child's functioning.
Licensed Health Professional
-a person
					 credentialed to provide health services by a professional board established and
					 approved by the state of Louisiana, including those boards which examine
					 physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurse
					 practitioners, etc.
Local Education Agency (LEA)
-a public
					 board of education or other public authority legally constituted within
					 Louisiana for administrative control and direction of or to perform a service
					 function for public elementary or secondary schools in a city, parish, or other
					 local public school district or other political subdivision. The term includes
					 an education service agency and special schools and school districts as that
					 term is used in
					 R.S.
					 17:1945 and any other public institution or
					 agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or
					 secondary school.
Local Governing Entity (LGE
)-a human
					 services district or authority with local accountability and management of
					 behavioral health, intellectual disability, and developmental disability
					 services. There are 10 LGEs, each responsible for a geographic region within
					 the state.
Office of Behavioral Health (OBH)-
the
					 office within the Department of Health charged with performing the functions of
					 the state which oversee services and continuity of care for the prevention,
					 detection, treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up care of mental and
					 emotional illness in Louisiana and performing functions related to mental
					 health. It is also charged with performing the functions of the state relating
					 to the care, training, treatment, and education of those suffering from
					 substance-related or addictive disorders and the prevention of
					 substance-related and addictive disorders and administering the
					 substance-related and addictive disorders programs in the state.
Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
					 (OCDD
)-the office within the Department of Health that is responsible
					 for the programs and functions of the state relating to the care, training,
					 treatment, and education of people diagnosed with intellectual and
					 developmental disabilities.
Qualifying Exceptionality
-exceptionalities
					 which have been identified as meeting the criteria to be considered for the
					 Flexible Family Fund. A qualifying exceptionality is one of the
					 following:
1. autism;
2. deaf-blindness (deaf and blind);
3. intellectual disability-severe;
4. intellectual disability-moderate with a behavior
					 intervention or individual healthcare plan;
5. intellectual disability-mild with a behavior
					 intervention or individual healthcare plan;
6. multiple disabilities;
7. orthopedic impairment;
8. other health impaired;
9. traumatic brain injury;
10. developmentally delayed for children ages three through
					 eight years;
11. emotional disturbance (for Flexible Family Fund
					 administered by the local governing entity providing behavioral health
					 services);
12. EarlySteps eligibility for children until the age of
					 three may also be considered for Flexible Family Fund.
Responsible Caregiver
-a child's natural or
					 adoptive mother or father, legal, testamentary, or dative tutor, or the person
					 who is legally responsible, but not financially compensated, to act as
					 caregiver for the primary care and management of the child.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 28:821 et
					 seq.