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UNOFFICIAL 1700.1-15 stepparent, grandparent or legal guardian of the individual. “Date of hearing request” means the date of DHS' receipt of a request for a hearing by an individual or authorized representative. When there is no prior written request by the individual naming the authorized representative, the date of hearing request shall be the date the authorization is received by the department. “Day-weighted median” means a numerical value determined by arraying the per diem costs and total patient days of each nursing facility and identifying the value at which half of the patient days are represented by providers with higher costs than this value.“DD” or “developmental disabilities” means a severe, chronic disability of a person to include epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or other developmental disabilities which: (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; (2) Is manifested before the person attains the age twenty-two years; (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely; (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self care; receptive and expressive language; learning; mobility; self- direction; capacity for independent living; or economic sufficiency; and (5) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. “Debt” means any liquidated sum exceeding twenty- five dollars which is due and owed to the department, regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for that sum and whether the sum has accrued through