1. (a) “Caregiver” means a parent, grandparent or any other individual identified as having primary responsibility for the child.
2. (b) “Child/family health care support” means services that are rehabilitative and preventive in nature and which, in addition to medical care, are rendered to recipients for the purpose of improving their health status and function within the family and community.
3. (c) “Department” means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.
4. (d) “First time mother” means a pregnant woman who has had no previous live births.
5. (e) “Home Visiting New Hampshire (HVNH)” means the maternal and child health preventive program that provides health education, support and linkages to community services to Title XIX eligible, pregnant women together with their families in their homes.
6. (f) “Low birth weight” means an infant weighed 2500 grams or less at birth.
7. (g) “Medicaid” means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs administered by the department which makes medical assistance available to eligible individuals.
8. (h) “Premature” means an infant born before 37 weeks gestation.
9. (i) “Recipient” means any individual who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the medicaid program.
10. (j) “Special health care needs” means having or being at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions requiring health and related services of a type or amount beyond what is generally required.
11. (k) “Title V” means the program described in Title V of the Social Security Act, and administered by the maternal and child health section (MCH) of the NH division of public health services or by the special medical services (SMS) section of the NH division of community based care services as part of the health resources and services administration, United States department of health and human services.
12. (l) “Title XIX” means the joint federal-state program described in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.
13. (m) “Title XXI” means the joint federal-state program described in Title XXI of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.
14. (n) “Unit” means a 15-minute period of time for which a service is rendered.

Source. #7775, eff 10-8-02; ss by #9768, eff 10-8-10; ss by #10092, eff 3-1-12; amd by #10139, eff 7-1-12; amd by #10398, eff 8-20-13