Section 441.153.51. Definitions.

“Adult” means a person who is 18 years of age or older and is a United States citizen or a qualified alien as defined in 8 U.S.C. §1641.

“Applicant” means a person for whom payment is requested from the state payment program.

“Approved county management plan” means the county plan for mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services developed pursuant to Iowa Code section 331.439 that has been approved by the department’s director.

“Central point of coordination”  or “CPC”  means the administrative entity designated by a county board of supervisors or by the boards of supervisors of a consortium of counties to act as the single entry point to the service system established under an approved county management plan.

“County of residence” means the county in Iowa where, at the time an adult applies for or receives services, the adult is living and has established an ongoing presence with the declared, good-faith intention of living permanently or for an indefinite period. The county of residence of an adult who is a homeless person is the county where the adult usually sleeps. “County of residence” does not mean the county where the adult is present for the purpose of:

        1.            Attending a college or university; or

        2.            Receiving services in a hospital, a correctional facility, a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation, or a residential care facility.

The county of residence may be transferred using procedures set forth in subrule 153.53(5).

“Department” means the Iowa department of human services.

“Division” means the division of mental health and disability services of the department of human services.

“Homeless person” means a person who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and who has a primary nighttime residence that is one of the following:

        1.            A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations.

        2.            An institution that provides a temporary residence for persons intended to be institutionalized.

        3.            A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

“Legal representative” means a person recognized by law as standing in the place or representing the interests of another; for example, a guardian, conservator, custodian, parent of a minor, or the executor, administrator or next of kin of a deceased person.

“Legal settlement” is a legal status as defined in Iowa Code sections 252.16 and 252.17.

“Member” means a person authorized by the division to receive benefits from the state payment program.

“Provider” means a provider of mental health, mental retardation, or developmental disabilities services that has a valid contract for the service with a county to provide services under a county management plan.

“Resident,” for purposes of division IV of this chapter, means a person who is present in the state and who has established an ongoing presence with the declared, good-faith intention of living in Iowa permanently or for an indefinite period.