Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-5609

  • Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
  • Department: means the department of health and welfare of the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 39-5602
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Personal assistance services: includes both attendant care services and personal care services and means services that involve personal and medically oriented tasks dealing with the functional needs of the participant and accommodating the participant’s needs for long-term maintenance, supportive care or IADLs. See Idaho Code 39-5602
The department shall establish, as part of the medical care advisory committee (MCAC), an oversight subcommittee consisting of providers of personal assistance services and participants of such services and advocacy organizations representing such participants, and other interested parties, for the purpose of planning, monitoring, and recommending changes to the medicaid waiver and personal assistance programs to the MCAC. At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the committee membership shall be participants or their representatives.