Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0037 - Medicaid › Chapter 52 - SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES › Section 52-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise specified in Wyoming
				Medicaid Rules Chapter 1 or as defined in this Section, the terminology used in
				this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning used in
				accounting, healthcare, Medicaid, and Medicare.
(b) "Free care services" means services
				provided to Medicaid enrolled students at no charge, and/or provided to the
				community at large free of charge.
(c) "Individualized Education Plan (IEP)"
				means a document developed pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities
				Education Act (IDEA). The IEP guides the delivery of special education supports
				and services for a student with a disability.
(d) "Individualized Family Services Plan
				(IFSP)" means a document developed pursuant to the IDEA. The IFSP guides the
				delivery of early intervention services provided to infants and toddlers (birth
				to age 3) who have disabilities, including developmental delays. The IFSP also
				includes family supports services, nutrition services, and case
				management.
(e) "Local Education
				Agency (LEA)" means a public authority legally constituted by the State as an
				administrative agency to provide control of, and direction for, kindergarten
				through twelfth grade public education institutions.
(f) "Parental Consent Form" means a form
				executed by a student's parent or guardian authorizing an LEA to share
				information with and to bill Medicaid for the student's school health
				services.
(g) "Participating
				District" means a school district that is enrolled to provide and receive
				Medicaid reimbursement for SBS.
(h)
				"School Counselor" means a professional who meets the qualification
				requirements of
				42 C.F.R.
				§
										485.904(b)(5). The
				school counselor must obtain a Professional Services Endorsement for School
				Counselor through the Professional Teaching Standards Board. A school counselor
				must practice under the supervision of a qualified clinical supervisor licensed
				in the State of Wyoming pursuant to W.S. §
									
										33-38-102(a)(xiii).
(i) "School Health Service" means medical or
				health-related assistance provided to a student by a qualified provider
				required for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of a physical or mental
				disorder, which service is recommended by a physician or other licensed
				practitioner of the healing arts within the scope of their practice under
				Wyoming law.
(j) "School
				Psychologist" means a professional who qualifies as a Specialist in School
				Psychology pursuant to W.S. §
									
										33-27-113(a)(ix). The school
				psychologist must obtain a Professional Services Endorsement for School
				Psychologist by the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board. A school
				psychologist must practice school psychology pursuant to the requirements of
				the Psychology Practice Act, W.S. §§
									
										33-27-113(a)(iv)
				 and 114.
(k) "School Social Worker" means a
				professional who meets the qualification requirements of
				42 C.F.R. §
										410.73. The school social worker must obtain
				the Professional Services Endorsement for School Social Worker from the
				Professional Teaching Standards Board. A school social worker must practice
				under the supervision of a qualified clinical supervisor licensed in the state
				of Wyoming pursuant to W.S. §
									
										33-38-102(a)(xiii).