Section He-W 601.02 - Definitions B-C(a) "Basic maintenance needs allowance (BMNA) " means, for FANF financial and categorically needy medical assistance, the dollar amount that is included in the standard of need for monthly basic needs, excluding shelter costs.(b) "Basic maintenance payment allowance (BMPA) " means, for FANF financial and categorically needy medical assistance, the dollar amount that is included in the payment standard for monthly basic needs, excluding shelter costs.(c) "Beneficiary" means any individual or individuals, designated in a trust instrument as benefiting in some way from the trust.(d) "Boarding arrangement" for the FANF program means that the assistance group makes, at a minimum, one fixed payment for lodging and meals or makes one payment for lodging and another for meals, regardless of whether the assistance group lives in a relative's home or another person's home.(e) "Budgetary unit" means a group of individuals who are: (1) Residing in the same housing unit; and(2) Whose needs are taken into account in identifying the income and resource levels against which countable income and resources are measured to determine eligibility for FANF medical assistance.(f) "Burial plot" means a conventional gravesite, crypt, mausoleum, urn or other repository which is customarily and traditionally used for the remains of a deceased person.(g) "Cap" means the gross income eligibility ceiling for the categorically needy level of eligibility for adult categories of assistance.(h) "Caretaker relative" means an individual who is not the biological parent, but is legally related to, and providing care for, the children in an assistance group.(i) "Case" means the group of programs associated with a particular casehead, including financial assistance, medical assistance, food stamp or social service programs or any combination of the above.(j) "Casehead" means the individual under whose name the case is listed.(k) "Case income" means the combined countable income of all assistance group members.(l) "Cash account" means the EBT account established by the department into which funds are deposited for the purpose of providing assistance payments to individuals eligible for any of the department's financial assistance programs.(m) "Category of assistance" means the types of financial or medical assistance offered by the department, such as FANF, OAA, ANB, MEAD, or APTD.(n) "Certified" as it relates to nursing facilities, means approval by the division of public health services as meeting federal financial participation requirements for Medicare and Medicaid.(o) "Child" means a natural, adoptive, or step-dependent, pursuant to RSA 167:78,VI.(p) "Citizen" means a person born in the United States (U.S.) or born overseas to a parent born in the U.S., or someone who becomes a citizen through the naturalization process.(q) "Client" means a person for whom assistance is being requested or who is receiving assistance under any of the department's financial or medical assistance programs.(r) "Community residence" means a: (1) Residential facility which: a. Provides housing on a 24-hour basis to mentally ill or developmentally impaired people; and b. Receives funds or applies to receive funds from the department, community mental health programs, or area agencies; or (2) Residential facility which houses mentally ill or developmentally impaired persons who receive or might be eligible to receive the monthly allowance for shared homes and community living home residents, established pursuant to RSA 126-A:19.(s) "Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) " means, for the purpose of Medicaid eligibility, a community that offers a lifetime contract to its residents allowing a resident to age in place, guaranteeing services such as meals, housekeeping, maintenance, medical and nursing care, if needed, for the payment of specified fees. CCRC's offer multiple levels of care, such as independent living, assisted living and nursing home care, allowing a resident to age in place.(t) "Corrective payment" means the payment of money to a recipient who received less than he or she was entitled to receive as determined by the department, including determinations by the department's administrative appeals officer.(u) "Countable income" means available income less excluded income and adjustments for determining the gross amount.(v) "Countable resources" means real or personal property which is considered in determining eligibility.N.H. Admin. Code § He-W 601.02
(See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at Chapter Heading He-W 600); ss by #10399, eff 10-21-13