PURPOSE: This rule defines the terms used in this chapter.

1. (1) AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a medical condition that develops from the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
2. (2) Client is a Missouri resident with HIV disease (including AIDS) who has enrolled in the HIV/AIDS Service Coordination Program.
3. (3) Department is the Missouri Department of Health.
4. (4) Dependent is anyone who relies on the client as a primary means of support and is either a household member or a related family member.
5. (5) Director is the director of the department.
6. (6) HIV/AIDS Service Coordination Program or program is a program administered by the department that provides client assessment and evaluation services, plus assistance in locating, coordinating, and monitoring medical, psychological, and other services for persons with HIV disease, including AIDS.
7. (7) Ryan White Title II Consortium or Title II consortium is an entity that is an association of one (1) or more public and one (1) or more nonprofit private, health care, and support service providers; HIV-infected or affected persons; and community-based organizations operating in areas affected by HIV disease.
8. (8) Service coordinator or coordinator is an employee of the department, or an employee of a local health department or communitybased organization under contract to the department, who evaluates the status of clients and locates, coordinates, and monitors services to persons with HIV or AIDS.
9. (9) Service plan is a written set of future actions pertaining to identified services that is developed by the service coordinator to meet the needs of a specific client.
10. (10) Service provider or provider is an individual or agency that provides services to persons with HIV disease.
11. (11) Services are medical, psychological, or other services necessary for the treatment of HIV, AIDS, and/or related conditions.
12. (12) Specialty medications programs or specialty programs are subprograms of the medications program, which provide financial assistance to clients, based upon available funding, for the purchase of newer anti- HIV/AIDS medications to clients who meet eligibility requirements specified in 19 CSR 40-13.030.

AUTHORITY: sections 191.650–191.698, 192.006, 192.020, 192.025, and Chapter 213, RSMo (1994) and (Cum. Supp. 1996).* Emergency rule filed Nov. 21, 1996, effective Dec. 1, 1996, expired May 29, 1997. Original rule filed Dec. 10, 1996, effective May 30, 1997. *Original authority: 191.650–191.698. See Missouri Revised Statutes 1994 and Cum. Supp. 1996; 192.006, RSMo (1993), amended 1995; 192.020, RSMo (1939), amended 1945, 1951; 192.025, RSMo (1951); and Chapter 213, see Missouri Revised Statutes 1994 and Cum. Supp. 1996.