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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 351CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS SERVICES PROGRAM
RULE §351.2Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Act--The Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 35.

  (2) Advanced practice registered nurse--A registered nurse approved by the Texas Board of Nursing to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse.

  (3) Applicant--A person making an initial application or re-application for CSHCN Services Program services.

  (4) Case management services--Case management services include, but are not limited to:

    (A) planning, accessing, and coordinating needed health care and related services for children with special health care needs and their families. Case management services are performed in partnership with the child, the child's family, providers, and others involved in the care of the child and are performed as needed to help improve the well-being of the child and the child's family; and

    (B) counseling for the child and the child's family about measures to prevent the transmission of AIDS or HIV and the availability in the geographic area of any appropriate health care services, such as mental health care, psychological health care, and social and support services.

  (5) Child with special health care needs--A person who:

    (A) is younger than 21 years of age and who has a chronic physical or developmental condition; or

    (B) has cystic fibrosis, regardless of the person's age; and

    (C) may have a behavioral or emotional condition that accompanies the person's physical or developmental condition. The term does not include a person who has behavioral or emotional condition without having an accompanying physical or developmental condition.

  (6) CHIP--The Children's Health Insurance Program administered by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission under Title XXI of the Social Security Act.

  (7) Chronic developmental condition--A disability manifested during the developmental period for a child with special health care needs which results in impaired intellectual functioning or deficiencies in essential skills, which is expected to continue for a period longer than one year, and which causes a person to need assistance in the major activities of daily living or in meeting personal care needs. For the purpose of this chapter, a chronic developmental condition must include physical manifestations and may not be solely a delay in intellectual, mental, behavioral, or emotional development.

  (8) Chronic physical condition--A disease or disabling condition of the body, of a bodily tissue, or of an organ which will last or is expected to last for at least 12 months, that results, or without treatment, may result in limits to one or more major life activities, and that requires health and related services of a type or amount beyond those required by children generally. Such a condition may exist with accompanying developmental, mental, behavioral, or emotional conditions, but is not solely a delay in intellectual development or solely a mental, behavioral, or emotional condition.

  (9) Claim form--The document approved by the CSHCN Services Program for submitting a claim for processing and payment.

  (10) Client--A person who has applied for program services and who meets all CSHCN Services Program eligibility requirements and is determined to be eligible for program services.

    (A) New client:

      (i) a person who has applied to the program for the first time and who is determined to be eligible for program services; or

      (ii) a person who has re-applied to the program (after a lapse in eligibility) and who is determined to be eligible for program services.

    (B) Ongoing client--A client who currently is not on the program's waiting list.

    (C) Waiting list client--A client who currently is on the program's waiting list.

  (11) CMS--The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

  (12) Commission--The Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

  (13) Commissioner--The Commissioner of the Department of State Health Services.

  (14) Co-insurance--A cost-sharing arrangement in which a covered person pays a specified percentage of the charge for a covered service. The covered person may be responsible for payment at the time the health care service is provided.

  (15) Co-pay and co-payment--A cost-sharing arrangement in which a client pays a specified charge for a specified service. The client is usually responsible for payment at the time the health care service is provided.

  (16) CSHCN Services Program--The services program for children with special health care needs described in §38.1 of this title (relating to Purpose and Common Name).

  (17) Date of service (DOS)--The date a service is provided.

  (18) Deductible--A cost-sharing arrangement in which a client is responsible for paying a specific amount annually for covered services before an insurance carrier or plan begins to pay for covered services.

  (19) Dentist--An individual licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners to practice dentistry in the State of Texas.

  (20) Department--The Department of State Health Services.

  (21) Diagnosis and evaluation services--The process of performing specialized examinations, tests, or procedures to determine whether a CSHCN Services Program applicant for health care benefits has a chronic physical or developmental condition as determined by a physician or dentist participating in the CSHCN Services Program or to help determine whether a waiting list client has an "urgent need for health care benefits" according to the criteria and protocol described in §38.16(e) of this title (relating to Procedures to Address Program Budget Alignment).

  (22) Disregards--An amount of money deducted from the family's total income for allowable expenses, such as child care.

  (23) Eligibility date for the CSHCN Services Program health care benefits--The effective date of eligibility for the CSHCN Services Program health care benefits is the date of receipt of a complete, approved application except in the following circumstances.

    (A) The effective date of eligibility for newborns who are not born prematurely will be the date of birth. Newborn means a child 28 days old or younger.

    (B) The effective date of eligibility for an applicant who is born prematurely shall be the day after the applicant has been out of the hospital for 14 consecutive days, but no earlier than the date of receipt of the application.

    (C) The effective date of eligibility following traumatic injury shall be the day after the acute phase of treatment ends, but no earlier than the date of receipt of the application.

    (D) The effective date of eligibility for applicants with spenddown is the date of receipt of the medical bills which document that spenddown has been met, following the receipt of a complete application. Only medical bills having a DOS within 12 months prior to or 6 months after the date of receipt of the application may be included to satisfy spenddown requirements. Medical bills for any member of the family for which the applicant, parent(s), guardian or managing conservator of the CSHCN Services Program applicant is responsible may be included. Medical bills used to meet spenddown cannot be paid by the CSHCN Services Program.

    (E) Excluding applications for clients who are known to be ineligible for Medicaid and the CHIP due to age, citizenship status, or insurance coverage, all applications must include a determination of eligibility from Medicaid and the CHIP. If the CSHCN Services Program application is received without a Medicaid determination, a CHIP determination, or other data or documents needed to process the application, it will be considered incomplete. The applicant will be notified that the application is incomplete and given 60 days to submit the Medicaid determination, CHIP denial or enrollment, or other missing data or documents to the CSHCN Services Program. If the application is made complete within the 60-day time limit, the client's eligibility effective date will be established as the date the CSHCN Services Program application was first received. If the application is made complete more than 60 days after initial receipt, the eligibility effective date will be established as the date the application was made complete.

  (24) Emergency--A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that a prudent person with average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect that the absence of immediate medical care could result in:

    (A) placing the person's health in serious jeopardy;

    (B) serious impairment to bodily functions; or

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