225C.35 - DEFINITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

225C.35 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the department of human services. 2. "Family" means a family member and the parent or legal guardian of the family member. 3. "Family member" means a person less than eighteen years of age who by educational determination has a moderate, severe, or profound educational disability or special health care needs or who otherwise meets the definition of developmental disability in the federal Developmental Disabilities Act, section 102(5), as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 6001(5). The department shall adopt rules establishing procedures for determining whether a child has a developmental disability. 4. "Legal guardian" means a person appointed by a court to exercise powers over a family member. 5. "Medical assistance" means payment of all or part of the care authorized to be provided pursuant to chapter 249A. 6. "Parent" means a biological or adoptive parent. 7. "Supplemental security income" means financial assistance provided to individuals pursuant to Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381--1383c.          Section History: Recent Form 88 Acts, ch 1122, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1114, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §89 Referred to in § 225C.37