D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6499
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed:
AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
COBRA- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986. This program administered by the United States Department of Labor and the United States Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration allows an employee who voluntarily resigns from employment or is terminated for any reason other than "gross misconduct" to continue their former employer's group health plan (both for individual and family coverage) coverage for a period up to eighteen (18) months from the effective date of employment termination or resignation.
Demonstration Project - as authorized under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act.
DOH - Department of Health.
DOH HIV Pharmacy Network - group of participating pharmacies that distribute anti-retrovirals and other HIV-related medications for the Demonstration Project, Medicaid, and the ADAP.
Enrollment ceiling - the limit on the number of recipients in the Demonstration Project.
Gross income - total pre-tax income for a household; this amount includes all income that the Income Maintenance Administration and other agencies may disregard in their eligibility determinations for other programs (including current law Medicaid).
HAART - Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy. A broad category of treatment regimens for individuals with HIV usually comprised of three (3) or more anti-retroviral drugs that, in previously untreated HIV-1-infected patients, are expected to reduce plasma virus levels below the limits of detection. Most HAART regimens include drugs from at least two (2) of the three (3) classes of anti-retroviral therapy (nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors, non-nucleoside analog RT inhibitors, and protease inhibitors).
HIV - human immunodeficiency virus. A retrovirus that causes AIDS, formerly known as HTLV-III.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6499