§346D-1  Definitions.  For the purposeof this chapter:

"Comprehensive home and community-basedservices" means the provision of a broad range of services, not otherwiseavailable under the approved medicaid state plan, which the waiver programindividual needs in order to avoid institutionalization for an indefiniteperiod of time.

"Critical access hospital" means ahospital located in the State that is included in Hawaii's rural health planapproved by the federal Health Care Financing Administration and approved as acritical access hospital by the department of health as provided in Hawaii'srural health plan and as defined in 42 U.S.C. section 1395i-4.

"Home care agency" means an agencylicensed by the State to do business in Hawaii that provides home care servicessuch as personal care, personal assistance, chore, homemaker, and nursingservices in the individual's home.

"Residential alternative" means acommunity-based residence authorized to admit waiver program individuals, suchas an adult foster home, adult residential care home, domiciliary care home, orfoster home for the developmentally disabled.

"Service plan" means a written planthat specifies the services, along with their frequency and their provider,necessary to maintain the individual in the community as a cost-effectivealternative to institutionalization.

"Waiver program" means the medicaidhome and community-based services programs under 42 U.S.C. section 1396n. [L1983, c 192, §2; am L 1985, c 207, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 134, pt of §1; am L1988, c 208, pt of §3; am L 1989, c 154, §1; am L 1998, c 294, §2; am L 2000, c226, §§3, 9; am L 2004, c 148, §2]