Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-66.3 - Home and Community Care Services to the Elderly

• Assisted living residences: means a publicly or privately operated residence that is licensed pursuant to § 23-17-4 of the general laws as amended. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.3-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Director: means the director of the office of healthy aging. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.3-1
• Home and community care services: means arranging for, or providing directly to the client, or providing through contract services — such as home health aid/homemaker services and such other services that may be required for a client to remain in the community and as may be promulgated by department regulations. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.3-1
• Homebound: means the condition of the client is such that the client does not have the normal ability to leave home, consequently leaving the home requires a considerable and taxing effort by the client. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.3-1
• Long-term care ombudsperson: means the person or persons designated by the director of the office of healthy aging for the purpose of advocating on behalf of recipients of long-term care services and of receiving, investigating and resolving through mediation, negotiation and administrative action complaints filed by recipients of long-term care services; individuals acting on their behalf or any individual organization or government agency that has reason to believe that a long-term care agency has engaged in activities, practices or omissions that constitute a violation of applicable statutes or regulations or that may have an adverse effect upon the health, safety, welfare, rights or the quality of life of recipients of long-term care services. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.3-1
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6