Section He-W 601.07 - Definitions R-S(a) "Real property resources" means resources which are in the form of real estate, including land and buildings.(b) "Recipient" means any individual currently receiving benefits under a specific department program.(c) "Recoupment" means the collection or recovery by the department of the value of assistance erroneously paid to a client regardless of the cause.(d) "Rental housing" means a home, apartment or other housing unit, other than HUD 236 housing, regardless of whether it is owner occupied, that an assistance group rents based on a written or verbal tenant and landlord agreement, and the assistance group receives no government rental subsidies.(e) "Resident" means an individual who lives in the state voluntarily, pursuant to RSA 21:6.(f) "Resources" means property owned by an individual, and includes both personal and real property resources.(g) "Responsible parent" means a natural parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, or grandparent who, by state law, is liable for the support of a child who receives FANF financial assistance.(h) "Retroactive month" means any one of the 3 months directly preceding the application beginning the day prior to the application date back to the same date in each of the preceding 3 months.(i) "Revocable trust" means a trust which can be revoked by the grantor, including trusts that are called irrevocable but which will terminate if some action is taken by the grantor.(j) "Rooming arrangement" for FANF, means the assistance group is furnished lodging in a rooming house or hotel, a relative's home, or another person's home, but the assistance group receives no meals for compensation.(k) "Sanction" means an NHEP penalty which might result in the reduction or loss of the FANF assistance payment.(l) "Separate medical assistance case" means a FANF medical assistance only case which is established for individuals, who because of noncompliance with eligibility requirements, cannot be included in the financial assistance group with the other family members.(m) "Similar legal device" means any instrument, device or arrangement which can not be called a trust under state law, but which exhibits the general characteristics of a trust as defined in He-W 601.08(g) , such as escrow accounts, investment accounts, pension funds, annuities and other similar instruments managed by an individual or entity with fiduciary responsibilities.(n) "Specified relative" means any of the individuals listed in RSA 167:6,V, with whom an eligible child lives, provided that the relative is at least 18 years old or married.(o) "Standard disregard" for adult category assistance means a flat amount which is subtracted from unearned income.(p) "Standard of need" means the amount of income necessary for recipients to have a reasonable level of subsistence for each category of financial assistance and categorically needy medical assistance, except for FANF, and which is applied uniformly throughout the state.(q) "Standard of need-FANF" means, the amount of income necessary to meet full need in accordance with RSA 167:82,VII(a) .(r) "Stepparent" means an individual who is currently legally married to a child's natural or adoptive parent but has no biological or adoptive parental relationship to the child.(s) "Strike" means a concerted stoppage of work by employees, including a stoppage of work by employees due to expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.(t) "Student" means an individual who is officially enrolled in, and physically and regularly attending, an elementary or secondary school, college, university, or a technical or vocational training program which has the main objective of training individuals for gainful employment.(u) "Student loan" means an amount provided to an individual for educational purposes which is required to be repaid.(v) "Sworn statement" means a statement made under oath or affirmation reciting facts which are personally known by the signer, and which are sworn to or affirmed and notarized by either a notary public or justice of the peace.N.H. Admin. Code § He-W 601.07
(See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at Chapter Heading He-W 600); ss by #10399, eff 10-21-13