Section 42-4-102 - Definitions(a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Categorically eligible" means any individual in need of medical assistance authorized by the legislature and by Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act to be covered by a state plan for medical assistance and services;(ii) "Medical assistance" means partial or full payment of the reasonable charges assessed by any authorized provider of the services and supplies enumerated under W.S. 42-4-103 and consistent with limitations and reimbursement methodologies established by the department, which are provided on behalf of a qualified recipient, excluding those services and supplies provided by any relative of the recipient, unless the relative is a family caregiver providing services through a corporation or a limited liability company, which corporation or limited liability company the relative may own, under a home and community based waiver program, or for cosmetic purposes only;(iii) "Qualified" means any categorically eligible individual satisfying eligibility criteria imposed by this chapter, the state plan for medical assistance and services and by rule and regulation of the department;(iv) "Relative" means any person as defined by department rule and regulation;(v) "Resident" means any individual residing in this state, including any individual temporarily absent from this state;(vi) "Institutionalized spouse" means as defined by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, P.L. 100-360;(vii) "Department" means the state department of health;(viii) "Direct patient care personnel" means only:(A) Certified nursing assistants;(B) Licensed practical nurses;(ix) "Skilled nursing home extraordinary care" means skilled nursing home services clearly exceeding standard skilled nursing home services and meeting the criteria established by the department pursuant to W.S. 42-4-104(d);(x) "Intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability" means "intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" or "ICFMR" or "ICFs/MR" as those terms are used in federal law and in other laws, rules and regulations;(xi) "Family caregiver" means a relative of a waiver recipient with a developmental disability or acquired brain injury, who provides waiver services through a corporation or a limited liability company, which corporation or limited liability company the relative may own, to the person with a developmental disability or acquired brain injury and who meets the requirements for a qualified family caregiver as established by rules promulgated by the department. Family caregivers shall be certified by the department in the same manner as nonfamily caregivers. For purposes of providing for reimbursement of services to a family caregiver, the department shall amend the state plan and apply for a waiver from the centers for Medicaid and Medicare services, as necessary;(xii) "Intentional" means that a person, with respect to information, intended to act in violation of the law;(xiii) "Knowing" or "knowingly" includes intentional or intentionally and means that a person, with respect to information, acts:(A) With actual knowledge of the information;(B) In deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or(C) In reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.Amended by Laws 2013 , ch. 118, § 2, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by Laws 2011 , ch. 164, § 1, eff. 3/3/2011.