Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 281 - CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE HOME-DELIVERED MEALS › Section 281.3 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) Adult--A person who is
				18 years old or older or is an emancipated minor.
(2) Case manager--A DADS employee who is
				responsible for case management activities. Activities include eligibility
				determination, registration, assessment and reassessment of need, service plan
				development, and intervention on an individual's behalf.
(3) Client--An individual.
(4) Contract--The formal, written agreement
				between DADS and a provider agency to provide services in the HDM
				Program.
(5) Contract manager--A
				DADS employee who is responsible for the overall management of the contract
				with the provider agency.
(6)
				DADS--The Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(7) Dietary consultant--A dietitian who is
				licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians; or a person with
				a baccalaureate degree with major studies in food and nutrition, dietetics, or
				food service management.
(8)
				Director--The person who is responsible for the overall operation of a provider
				agency.
(9) Emancipated minor--A
				person who is under 18 years of age who has achieved or been granted the power
				and legal capacity of an adult. This includes a minor who has had the
				disabilities of minority removed by a court of law, or a minor who has been
				married, with or without parental consent.
(10) Food service supervisor--The person who
				is responsible for supervising and managing the food preparation operations of
				a provider agency.
(11)
				Home-Delivered Meals (HDM) Program--A program serving individuals receiving
				Community Based Alternatives Medicaid waiver services funded by Title XIX of
				the Social Security Act or individuals receiving Community Care Aged and
				Disabled services funded by Title XX of the Social Security Act and
				administered by DADS in which a provider agency delivers meals to an
				individual.
(12) Individual--A
				person eligible to receive services under this chapter.
(13) Meal transport carrier--A container that
				is used by the provider agency to transport home-delivered meals that may be
				easily damaged. The container must be enclosed and either insulated or equipped
				to maintain food temperature to protect the meals from contamination, crushing,
				or spillage.
(14) Provider
				agency--An organization or entity that delivers meals to an individual in
				accordance with the contract and this chapter.
(15) Suspension of services--A temporary
				cessation of HDM services by a program provider or DADS without loss of program
				or Medicaid eligibility.
(16)
				Termination--A DADS action that ends an individual's service authorization for
				the HDM Program.
(17) Therapeutic
				medical diet--A menu supplied to an individual by a provider agency that
				includes:
(A) meals prepared without the
				addition of salt, seasoning, or flavoring; or
(B) meals that may deviate from the standard
				menu pattern as required by the individual's medical condition.