Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 469 - ASSISTANCE TO THE AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED PROGRAM › Chapter 3 - DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS › Section 469-3-003 - INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN ASSISTANCE BUDGETS

Current through June 17, 2024
The individual requirements are:
(A) Standard of need;
(B) Shelter up to the maximum; and
(C) Special requirements.
003.01
STANDARD OF
				NEED.
The standard of need is a consolidation of items necessary
				for basic subsistence with amounts based on unit size. Included in this
				standard are food, clothing, sundries, home supplies, utilities, laundry,
				telephone, garbage collection, and recreation. Also included in this standard
				amount are meals prepared away from home, therapeutic diet, special clothing
				allowance, meals furnished to a household employee, transportation for
				shopping, and special taxes or use charge.
003.01(A)
ALTERNATE LIVING
				ARRANGEMENTS.
The standard of need for alternate living
				arrangements is a consolidated allowance for items necessary for basic
				subsistence. Included in this standard are:
(1) Board;
(2) Room;
(3) Clothing;
(4) Personal needs;
(5) Laundry; and
(6) Transportation.
003.01(A)(i)
LICENSING OF
				FACILITIES.
In determining the appropriate standard to be allowed,
				verify the current licensure or certification of the facility.
003.01(A)(ii)
BOARD AND
				ROOM.
Board and room does not include care or supervision and may
				be with a relative.
003.01(A)(iii)
LICENSED BOARDING HOME.
Boarding homes provide the
				following to four or more individuals who are essentially capable of managing
				their own affairs:
(1) Sleeping and other
				living accommodations;
(2) A dining
				room, cafe, or common kitchen; and
(3) Domestic services requested by the
				individuals which will assist them in daily living activities.
003.01(A)(iv)
LICENSED
				ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
An Assisted Living facility provides
				accommodation and board and care, such as personal assistance in feeding,
				dressing, and other essential daily living activities, for four or more
				individuals not related to the owner, occupant, manager, or administrator.
				These individuals are unable to sufficiently or properly care for themselves or
				manage their own affairs because of illness, disease, injury, deformity,
				disability, or physical or mental infirmity.
003.01(A)(v)
CERTIFIED ADULT
				FAMILY HOME.
An Adult Family Home is a residential living unit
				which provides full-time residence with minimal supervision and guidance to not
				more than three individuals age 19 or older. Service includes board and room
				with meals, standard furnishings, equipment, household supplies, and facilities
				to ensure recipient comfort. These individuals are essentially capable of
				managing their own affairs but are in need of supervision. This may include
				supervision of nutrition by the facility on a regular, continuing basis, but
				not necessarily on a consecutive 24-hour basis.
003.01(A)(vi)
LICENSED GROUP HOME
				FOR CHILDREN AND CHILD CARING AGENCY.
This group care facility
				provides 24-hour accommodation for minors including care and supervision. The
				home provides services to two or more individuals who are developmentally
				disabled.
003.01(A)(vii)
LICENSED CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
A
				center for the developmentally disabled is any facility, place, or building not
				licensed as a hospital which provides accommodation, board, training, and other
				services when appropriate, primarily or exclusively, for four or more persons
				who are developmentally disabled. Staff in a center for the developmentally
				disabled may assist individuals residing there in taking routine oral or
				external medication and also provide for storage and handling of the
				medication.
003.01(A)(vii)(1)
CENTER DEFINED.
The term "center" includes:
(a)
GROUP RESIDENCE.
Any group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable
				unit with living, sleeping, cooking, and eating facilities for 4 through 15
				developmentally disabled persons.
(b)
INSTITUTION FOR THE
				DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
Any facility other than a skilled
				nursing facility or an intermediate care facility I or II where 16 or more
				developmentally disabled persons reside.
003.01(A)(viii)
LONG TERM CARE
				FACILITY.
The payment to a long term care facility includes an
				allowance for personal needs of the recipient which is determined by the
				licensure or certification of the facility where the recipient
				resides.
003.01(A)(ix)
ASSISTED LIVING WAIVER.
The Standard of Need chart explains the
				standard for an individual receiving Assisted Living Waiver services. The
				monthly standard includes an allowance for personal needs of the
				recipient.
003.01(A)(x)
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CENTER.
Mental health center
				means a facility where shelter, food, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, care,
				or related services are provided for a period of more than 24 consecutive hours
				to persons residing at the facility who have a mental disease, disorder, or
				disability.