Section 630.70 Definitions

Section 630

Section 630.70  Definitions

"Administration"

means those activities performed by staff and costs which are supportive of and

required for the project for which there is no direct client contact such as

administrative staff, clerical support, rent, utilities, postage, telephone,

office supplies, fiscal staff and office equipment.

"Case

Management" means a mechanism to coordinate and assure continuity of

services (health, social, educational) necessary for clients. Case management

involves individualized assessment of needs, planning of services, referral,

monitoring and advocacy to assist a client in gaining access to appropriate

services and closure when services are no longer required. Case management is

an active and collaborative process involving a single qualified case manager, the

client, the client's family, the providers and the community. This includes

close coordination and involvement with all service providers in the management

plan for that client and/or family including assuring that the client receives

the services.

"Counseling"

means the provision of advice, guidance or instruction on the part of a

knowledgeable person with the goal of meeting specific needs of individuals or

groups.

"Equipment"

means any nonexpendable item with a unit cost equivalent to or greater than the

State of Illinois' definition for equipment, State Finance Act [30 ILCS 105].

"Follow-up"

means the process by which further services are rendered and/or the process by

which an assessment is made concerning the outcome of an intervention plan of

care or referral for further services.

"High

Risk" means as defined in Section 640.20 of the Regionalized Perinatal

Health Care Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 640.20)

linois' definition for equipment, State Finance Act [30 ILCS 105].

"Follow-up"

means the process by which further services are rendered and/or the process by

which an assessment is made concerning the outcome of an intervention plan of

care or referral for further services.

"High

Risk" means as defined in Section 640.20 of the Regionalized Perinatal

Health Care Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 640.20).

"Home

health services" mean services such as the provision of medical, nursing,

other therapeutic and rehabilitative services in the home; homemaker services

including assistance for the family in routine household responsibilities when

illness or disability interferes with such functions.

"Medical

services" mean those activities dealing directly with the health care of

the client such as physician services, nurse practitioner services, diagnostic

tests, prescription drugs, medical supplies, clinic nurses, clinic interpreters

and medical equipment.

"Nutrition

services" mean services such as screening/assessment of nutritional

status; dietary counseling to assist people to meet their normal and

therapeutic nutrition needs; nutrition education and evaluation; and provision

of, or referral to, resources needed to improve or maintain nutritional health,

i.e., supplemental food assistance, special feeding equipment, and food service

programs.

"Outreach"

means any activity to find and inform potential program participants of

available services.  Outreach, therefore, can include community campaigns as

diverse as door-to-door canvassing, production and distribution of handbills,

design and publication of newspaper announcements, and production and broadcast

of public service announcements or paid advertising on radio or television.

The primary objective of outreach activities is to inform potential program

participants of available services, eligibility criteria and method of

accessing services (for example, the name, address and phone number of the

provider)

ills,

design and publication of newspaper announcements, and production and broadcast

of public service announcements or paid advertising on radio or television.

The primary objective of outreach activities is to inform potential program

participants of available services, eligibility criteria and method of

accessing services (for example, the name, address and phone number of the

provider).  This is not to preclude the use of nontraditional methods of

outreach that may be necessary to identify potential participants in

hard-to-reach populations, such as persons who abuse substances or engage in

prostitution.

"Postpartum"

means the period from the birth of the infant or termination of pregnancy and

the succeeding 42 days.

"Prenatal"

means the period of time existing from conception of the fetus until the birth

of infant or termination of the pregnancy.

"Referral"

means the process by which an individual is directed to a resource for further

service, information, or assistance.

"Services

for both acute and chronic health problems" mean services such as clinic

and physician offices services, emergency services, laboratory and x-ray

services, provision of prescribed drugs and vaccines, and medical supplies.

"Services

for both acute and chronic mental health conditions" mean services such as

clinic and physician office services, counseling and anticipatory guidance,

crisis intervention services, laboratory services, and provision of prescribed

drugs.

"Support

Services" mean those activities which are supportive of patient care and

in which patient contact occurs such as, public health nursing, health

education, educational supplies, patient travel, social services, nutrition

services and related staff travel.