For the purposes of this chapter:

1.    “Department” means the department of health and human services.

2.    “Eligible” means an individual has been deemed eligible by the department for developmental disability services.

3.    “Individual served” is an individual who is a legal resident of the state of North Dakota and is receiving services from the life skills and transition center.

4.    “Nonresident individual served” includes:

a.    Any individual served by the life skills and transition center who is under eighteen years old and whose responsible relative is not a bona fide resident of this state.

b.    Any enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe for whom the United States government has, through its statutes and regulations, a responsibility for their care.

5.    “Nonresident responsible relative” includes the nonresident spouse, father, or mother of the individual served. It includes the bureau of Indian affairs in those cases involving an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe for whom the United States government has, through its statutes and regulations, a responsibility for their care.

6.    “Nonresidential services” means rehabilitative services and supports that are provided in a family home or community setting.

7.    “Residential services” are specialized services and supports provided at the life skills and transition center facility which include both room and board and rehabilitative services in accordance with an individual’s care and support plan. Residential services provided at the life skills and transition center are available to address an individual’s needs for stabilization.