Arizona Consortium of Children with Chronic Illness (ACCCI)

504 PLAN – An educational support plan for students who qualify for these supports under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974 (a civil rights law prohibiting employers and organizations which receive federal funding from discrimination based on disabilities)
AHCCCS – Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona’s Medicaid Program
ALTCS – Arizona Long Term Care System (for Title XIX eligible clients). Overseen by AHCCCS Administration
APIPA – Arizona Physicians IPA, one of the State’s acute care contractors for individuals in ALTCS
ARC – An State or local advocacy organization for individuals with developmental disabilities
BHS or ABHS – the Arizona Behavioral Health System, within DHS
DD – developmentally disabled
DDD – The Division of Developmental Disabilities, within DES
DES of ADES – the Department of Economic Security
DHS or ADHS – Arizona Department of Health Services
DOE or ADOE or ADE – Arizona Department of Education (DOE can refer to the U.S. Dept. of Education)
DX - Diagnosis
ED – Emotionally disabled
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
IDEA, IDEIA – Individuals with Disabilities Education (Improvement) Act – the federal law governing special education rights
IEE – Independent educational evaluation
IEP – Individual Education Plan
IFSP – Individual and Family Service Plan
ISP – Individual Service Plan
LD – Learning disabled
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
MET – Multidisciplinary evaluation team (used for the team that meets after the evaluation or re-evaluation is complete. Sometimes used for IEP team)
MR – Mental retardation (term still used in many state and federal statutes)
OAH – Office of Administrative Hearings (hears appeals for eligibility and services from ALTCS and BHS clients)
OCR – Office for Civil Rights (within the U.S. Department of Education)
OCSHCN – The Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, within DHS
RX - Prescription
TITLE XIX – The Program responsible for federal eligibility criteria and funding for states’ Medicaid l