§ 42-6-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 42-6-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 42: Welfare
• Ch. 6: LONG TERM CARE CHOICES PROGRAM

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adult foster care" means care in a home licensed
as an adult foster home and care provided to a resident of the
home while temporarily away from the adult foster home;
(ii) "Adult foster care home" means any family home
or facility in which residential care is provided in a homelike
environment for five (5) or fewer adults who are not related to
the provider by blood, marriage or adoption, except in special
circumstances. "Adult foster care home" does not include any
residential facility otherwise licensed or funded by the state
of Wyoming. The homes shall be regulated in accordance with W.S.
35-2-901 through 35-2-913 and this act which shall govern in
case of conflict;
(iii) "Alternative eldercare home" means a facility
and program which:
(A) Provides services and care at the highest
level required by a resident and as permitted under the
applicable facility;
(B) Shall be licensed as a health care facility
pursuant to W.S. 35-2-901 through 35-2-913;
(C) Creates communities that allow long-term
residents to develop lasting relationships with other residents
and staff;
(D) Maintains residences as units independent
from each other;
(E) Provides, at a minimum, a private bedroom
and bathroom for each resident;
(F) Provides services to Medicaid supported
residents at the Medicaid reimbursement rates;
(G) Maintains all common spaces within the
house, including secured exterior space, accessible and open to
all residents during waking hours;
(H) Provides an office space for a nurse within
each house;
(J) Provides a common area in each house
including a seating area;
(K) Provides public and staff bathroom
facilities;
(M) Creates a residential home environment in
all aspects, using residential materials and designs appropriate
to the style of the community;
(N) Is committed to a restraint free
environment;
(O) Implements a culture of learning and
participation by the residents and honors the elder hood stage
of life.
(iv) "Assisted living facility" means as defined in
W.S. 35-2-901(a)(xxii);
(v) "Department" means the department of health;
(vi) "Home medical testing" means medical testing
designed to be done in the home of the person being tested by a
person who is not a licensed health care professional and
includes but is not limited to testing done using a home blood
pressure monitor or a home diabetes management blood sugar
monitor;
(vii) "Long term care assessment" means a form and an
assessment process conforming with relevant federal regulations
and designed to measure the abilities and disabilities of a
person in the activities of daily living to determine the
person's need for long term care. As of January 1, 2007 the
department of health form LT-101 entitled "Assessment of Medical
Necessity for Long Term Care" and the assessment needed to
complete it shall be the long term care assessment;
(viii) "Medicaid" means the program administered by
the state pursuant to the Wyoming Medical Assistance and
Services Act and this act and partly funded by the federal
government pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security
Act;
(ix) "Nursing home" means a nursing care facility as
defined in W.S. 35-2-901(a)(xvi) and licensed pursuant to
Wyoming Statutes, article 9, chapter 2, title 35;
(x) "Residential care" means the provision of room
and board and services that assist the resident in activities of
daily living including but not limited to bathing, dressing,
grooming, eating, medication management, incontinence care, home
medical testing, money management or recreation;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 42-6-101 through 42-6-109.