North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 75 - Department of Human Services › Article 75-03 - Community Services › Chapter 75-03-33 - Intergovernmental Transfer Program › Section 75-03-33-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. "Advisory committee" means a committee established by the
				  department to review loan applications.
2. "Alternative to nursing facility care" means services
				  described in the department's home and community-based service waiver for aged
				  and disabled individuals eligible for medical assistance.
3. "Assisted living facility" has the meaning provided in
				  North Dakota Century Code section
				  50-24.5-01.
4. "Basic care facility" has the meaning provided in North
				  Dakota Century Code section
				  23-09.3-01.
5. "Department" means the North Dakota department of human
				  services.
6. "Entity" means a corporation, unincorporated association,
				  business, trust, estate, partnership, state, or two or more individuals having
				  a joint or common economic interest.
7. "Individual eligible for assistance" means an individual
				  who meets the qualifying criteria for participation in programs funded by the
				  department, including the medical assistance program, Medicaid waiver for the
				  aged and disabled, service payments for the elderly and disabled, expanded
				  service payments for the elderly and disabled, and the basic care assistance
				  program.
8. "Medical assistance" means a program established under
				  title XIX of the Social Security Act [
				  42 U.S.C.
				  1396 et seq.] and North Dakota Century Code
				  chapter 50-24.1.
9. "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as provided in
				  North Dakota Century Code section
				  50-24.4-01 for the term "nursing
				  home".
10. "Project" means a plan or proposal to renovate a nursing
				  facility, basic care facility, or assisted living facility.
11. "Qualified service provider" means a county agency or
				  independent contractor who has met standards for services and operations
				  established by the department.
12. "Reasonable cost" means the cost that must be incurred by
				  an efficiently and economically operated facility to provide services in
				  conformity with applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and quality and
				  safety standards. Reasonable cost takes into account that the entity seeks to
				  minimize its costs and that its actual costs do not exceed what a prudent and
				  cost-conscious buyer pays for a given item or services.
13. "Related organization" means a close relative or
				  individual or an organization which an entity is, to a significant extent,
				  associated with, affiliated with, able to control, or controlled by, and which
				  furnishes services, facilities, or supplies to the entity. Control exists when
				  an individual or an organization has the power, directly or indirectly, to
				  significantly influence or direct the policies of an organization or entity.
14. "Renovate" means to restore to an earlier condition as by
				  repairing or remodeling.
15. "Unit" means a residential living space for one or more
				  individuals within an assisted living facility.
General Authority: NDCC
					 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 50-30-01