Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES › Chapter 130 - AMOUNT, DURATION AND SCOPE OF SELECTED SERVICES › Part XV - Case Management Treatment Foster Care Services › Section 12VAC30-130-900 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this part shall
					 have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Case management" means an activity that assists Medicaid
					 eligibles in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services
					 appropriate to his needs.
"Child" means any individual less than 18 years of age or
					 under 21 if placed by a local department of social services or through referral
					 from a Family Assessment and Planning Team.
"Child's family" means the birth or adoptive parent or
					 parents, legal guardian or guardians, or family to whom the child may
					 return.
"Child placing agency," "agency" or "agencies" means any
					 person who places children in foster homes, adoptive homes, child-caring
					 institutions or independent living arrangements in response to §§
					 63.1-204, 63.1-205, and 63.1-219.28 of the Code of Virginia or a local board of
					 public welfare or social services that places children in foster homes or
					 adoptive homes pursuant to §§ 63.1-56, 63.1-204, and 63.1-219.28 of
					 the Code of Virginia. Officers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or of
					 any county, city, or town, acting within the scope of their authority as such,
					 who serve as or maintain a child-placing agency shall not be required to be
					 licensed if authorized by the Code of Virginia to provide the services of a
					 child-placing agency.
"Client" means Medicaid-eligible and enrolled
					 individual.
"Community Planning and Management Team" means a team
					 described in § 2.1-750 of the Code of Virginia.
"Comprehensive Services Act" means § 2.1-745 et seq.
					 of the Code of Virginia.
"Department" or "DMAS" means the Department of Medical
					 Assistance Services.
"Family Assessment and Planning Team" means a team
					 described in §§ 2.1-753, 2.1-754, and 2.1-755 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
"Foster care placement" means placement of a child through
					 (i) an agreement between the parents or guardians and the local board or the
					 public agency designated by the community policy and management team where
					 legal custody remains with the parents or guardians or (ii) an entrustment or
					 commitment of the child to the local board or child-placing agency.
"Foster care services" means the provision of a full range
					 of casework, treatment and community services for a planned period of time to a
					 child under age 21 who is abused or neglected as defined, except for age, in
					 § 63.1-248.2 of the Code of Virginia or in need of services as defined in
					 § 16.1-228 of the Code of Virginia and to his family when the child (i)
					 has been identified as needing services to prevent or eliminate the need for
					 foster care placement, (ii) has been placed through an agreement between the
					 local board of social services or the public agency designated by the community
					 policy and management team and the parents or guardians, and (iii) has been
					 committed or entrusted to a local board of social services or child-placing
					 agency.
"Foster home" means the place of residence of any
					 individual or individuals approved by a local department of social services or
					 licensed child placing agency in which any child other than a child by birth or
					 adoption resides as a member of the household.
"Initial plan of care" means a written plan that delineates
					 the services that are to be provided to the child at admission.
"Records" means the written information assembled in a file
					 relating to the agency, staff, volunteers, the child, the child's birth family,
					 the child's foster family, the child's treatment foster family, and the child's
					 adoptive family.
"Treatment" is the coordinated provision of services and
					 use of professionally developed and supervised interventions designed to
					 produce a planned outcome in a person's behavior, attitude, emotional
					 functioning or general condition.
"Treatment and service plan" means a written comprehensive
					 plan of care, based on an assessment of the medical, psychological, social,
					 behavioral and developmental aspects of the child's situation, containing
					 measurable goals, procedures and interventions for achieving them, and a
					 process for assessing the results. The treatment plan must state the treatment
					 objectives; prescribe an integrated program of therapies, activities, and
					 experiences designed to meet the objectives; and must include coordination with
					 related community services to ensure continuity of care with the child's
					 family, school and community.
"Treatment foster care (TFC)" means a community-based
					 program where services are designed to address the special needs of children.
					 Services to the children are delivered primarily by treatment foster parents
					 who are trained, supervised, and supported by agency staff. Treatment is
					 primarily foster family based and is planned and delivered by a treatment
					 team.
Treatment foster care focuses on a continuity of services,
					 is goal-directed and results oriented, and emphasizes permanency planning for
					 the child in care.
"Treatment team" means the group that may consist of the
					 child, professional agency staff, other professionals, the child's family
					 members (where appropriate), and the child-placing agency and treatment foster
					 parents who provide mutual support, evaluate treatment, and design, implement
					 and revise the treatment and service plan.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-324 and 32.1-325 of the Code of
						Virginia.