1. (a) “Assistance group” means the individuals living together with or without benefit of a dwelling pursuant to He-W 830.01(a), whose needs, income, and resources are considered and combined together when determining eligibility or the amount of benefits for financial or medical assistance.
2. (b) “Broker” means a person or entity, contracted by the department, that arranges non-emergency medical transportation for recipients through contracts with drivers or transportation companies.
3. (c) “Department” means the New Hampshire (NH) department of health and human services.
4. (d) “Driver(s)” means a person, company, or entity that provides non-emergency medical transportation services for a recipient.
5. (e) “Family and friends driver” means a recipient’s family member or friend who is able to transport the recipient.
6. (f) “Medicaid” means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs administered by the department which makes medical assistance available to eligible individuals.
7. (g) “Medicaid address” means the recipient’s residence as listed in the recipient’s eligibility file at the department.
8. (h) “Non-emergency medical transportation” means non-emergency transportation for the purpose of accessing medicaid covered medical, dental, or behavioral health services via motorized public or private transportation pursuant to 42 CFR 441.62(a), 42 CFR 431.53, and 42 CFR 440.170.
9. (i) “Private transportation” means transportation via a recipient’s own vehicle or family and friend’s vehicle that does not meet the definition of public transportation.
10. (j) “Public transportation” means transportation via commercial buses, boats, airplanes, helicopters, or trains.
11. (k) “Recipient” means any individual who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the medicaid program.
12. (l) “Round trip” means transportation from a point of pick-up to a medical, dental, or behavioral health provider waiting for the recipient, and back to the point of pick-up.
13. (m) “Title XIX” means the joint federal-state program described in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and administered in NH by the department under the medicaid program.
14. (n) “Title XXI” means the joint federal-state program described in Title XXI of the Social Security Act and administered in NH by the department under the medicaid program.
15. (o) “Transportation company” means an entity that provides transportation.
16. (p) “Usual and customary” means “usual and customary” as defined in RSA 126-A:3, III(b).
17. (q) “Wait time” means the time a driver might have to wait for a recipient to complete a medical, dental, or behavioral health appointment.

Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading He-W 500); ss by #6163, eff 1-4-96, EXPIRED: 1-4-04 New. #8732, eff 9-30-06; amd by #10139, eff 7-1-12; ss by #10810, eff 4-9-15; ss by #14393, eff 10-1-25, EXPIRES: 10-1-35