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UNOFFICIAL 1700.1-3 supervision by trained mental health personnel to diagnose or reduce the individual’s psychotic or neurotic symptoms which necessitated institutionalization, to improve the individual’s level of functioning and, whenever possible, to achieve the individual’s discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time; (2) For individuals with intellectual disability (ID) or with related conditions, the individual program plan shall be developed and supervised by an interdisciplinary team that represents areas that are relevant to identifying the individual’s needs and to designing programs that meet the individual’s needs, and is directed towards: (A) The acquisition of the behaviors necessary for the individual to function with as much self determination and independence as possible; and (B) The prevention or deceleration of regression or loss of current optimal functional status; and (3) It does not include, in the case of a resident of a Nursing Facility (NF), services within the scope of services which the facility shall provide or arrange for its resident. “Actuarially sound” means an annuity, promissory note, or similar financial contract where no payments will be made beyond the life expectancy of the owner of the contract as determined in accordance with actuarial publications of the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. “Acuity based reimbursement system” means the Medicaid reimbursement system for nursing facility (NF) level of care described in exhibit A of chapter 17-1739.2. The acuity based reimbursement system applies to acuity level A and acuity level C services, excluding services in critical access hospitals.