Arizona Laws 36-596.51. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Case manager: means a person who coordinates the implementation of the individual program plan of goals, objectives and appropriate services for persons with developmental disabilities. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Department: means the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Developmental disability: means either a strongly demonstrated potential that a child who is under six years of age has a developmental disability or will develop a developmental disability, as determined by a test performed pursuant to section 36-694 or by other appropriate tests, or a severe, chronic disability that:
(a) Is attributable to a cognitive disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, down syndrome or autism. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Director: means the director of the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- District: means an administrative area of this state designated by the division of developmental disabilities in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Division: means the division of developmental disabilities in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Family: means a group that lives together and that consists of at least one person with a developmental disability and that person's parent. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means the person who, under court order, is appointed to fulfill the powers and duties prescribed in section 14-5312. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- independence: means the extent to which individuals with developmental disabilities and their families exert control and choice over their own lives. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Individual program plan: means a written statement of services to be provided to a person with developmental disabilities, including habilitation goals and objectives, that is developed following initial placement evaluation and revised after periodic evaluations. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Individual support: means services, supports and other assistance that enables a person with a developmental disability to be independent, productive and integrated in that person's community and that is designed to:
(a) Enable the person to control that person's environment and have the most independent life possible. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Integration: means that persons with developmental disabilities and their families:
(a) Participate in the same community activities and employment as those persons without disabilities. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Parent: includes a guardian, a legal custodian and a person acting in the place of a parent. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Productivity: means engagement in income producing work that is measured through improvements in income level, employment status or job advancement or engagement in work that contributes to a household or community. See Arizona Laws 36-596.51
1. "Assistant director" means the assistant director of the division of developmental disabilities.
2. "Community supports" means community based programs designed to promote independence, productivity and integration for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
3. "District" means an administrative area of this state designated by the division of developmental disabilities in the department of economic security.
4. "Family" means a group that lives together and that consists of at least one person with a developmental disability and that person’s parent.
5. "Family support" means services, supports and other assistance that are provided to families with members who have a developmental disability and that are designed to:
(a) Strengthen the family’s role as a primary care giver.
(b) Prevent inappropriate out of home placement.
(c) Maintain family unity.
(d) Reunite families with members who have been placed out of the home.
(e) Include respite care, assistive technology, appropriate personal assistance services, parent training and counseling, vehicular and home modifications and assistance with extraordinary expenses associated with the needs of the person with a developmental disability.
6. "Family support subsidy" means a grant that is provided to a family on behalf of a family member with a developmental disability or directly to an individual with a developmental disability for the purchase of services or necessities required to keep the family member or the individual in the family home or their own home or noninstitutional setting.
7. "Family support voucher" means an authorization of payment for services.
8. "Independent" or "independence" means the extent to which individuals with developmental disabilities and their families exert control and choice over their own lives.
9. "Individual program plan team" means a group of people interested in or providing individual support to:
(a) An individual with a developmental disability. If that person is under eighteen years of age or has a legal guardian, the team shall first have the permission of the parent or guardian.
(b) A parent or guardian.
(c) Family members, health professionals and other individuals that a parent or guardian invites to participate in the individual program plan.
(d) A representative of the division or the district providing the program.
(e) The provider of services to a person with a developmental disability or a representative of that provider.
(f) The case manager.
10. "Individual support" means services, supports and other assistance that enables a person with a developmental disability to be independent, productive and integrated in that person’s community and that is designed to:
(a) Enable the person to control that person’s environment and have the most independent life possible.
(b) Prevent placement in a more restrictive living arrangement than is necessary.
(c) Enable the person to live, learn, work and enjoy life in the community.
(d) Include appropriate personal assistance services, assistive technology, vehicular and home modification, support at work and transportation.
11. "Integration" means that persons with developmental disabilities and their families:
(a) Participate in the same community activities and employment as those persons without disabilities.
(b) Use the same community resources as those persons without disabilities.
(c) Reside in homes that are part of the community.
(d) Have contact with persons without developmental disabilities.
12. "Parent" includes a guardian, a legal custodian and a person acting in the place of a parent. Parent does not include a paid care provider.
13. "Productivity" means engagement in income producing work that is measured through improvements in income level, employment status or job advancement or engagement in work that contributes to a household or community.
14. "Therapeutic services" means occupational, physical, speech and language, respiratory, vision and other therapies to increase, maintain or improve the functional capacities of individuals with disabilities.