Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 13 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Article 1 - TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM › Section R6-13-102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
1. "Administration" means the Family Assistance
				  Administration of the Department.
2. "Adverse action" means that the Department has:
a. Denied an application for assistance,
b. Failed to take action to approve or deny an application
				  within 30 days of the application file date,
c. Terminated or reduced assistance,
d. Determined that it overpaid a Tuberculosis Control (TC)
				  payment recipient, or
e. Denied a request for a waiver of an overpayment.
3. "Applicant" means a person who has directly or through a
				  representative filed an application for TC payments with the Department.
4. "Assistance unit" means a group of persons whose needs,
				  income, resources, and other circumstances the Department considers as a whole
				  for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefit amount for Tuberculosis
				  Control payments.
5. "CA" or "Cash Assistance" means temporary assistance for
				  needy families paid to a recipient for the purpose of meeting basic living
				  expenses under A.R.S. §
									46-291
				  et seq.
6. "Collateral verification" means the use of an agency,
				  organization, or qualified individual who has knowledge of the requested
				  eligibility information, and who the Department may use as a collateral contact
				  when requested to do so or when documented verification is not available to the
				  applicant.
7. "Countable income" means income from every source minus
				  income excluded under
				  R6-13-118.
8. "Department" means the Arizona Department of Economic
				  Security.
9. "FAA" or "Family Assistance Administration" means the
				  administration within the Department's Division of Benefits and Medical
				  Eligibility responsible for providing financial and nutrition assistance to
				  eligible persons and determining eligibility for medical assistance.
10. "FAA Manual" means the policies and procedures used to
				  determine an assistance unit's eligibility for TC payments.
11. "Homestead property" has the same meaning as A.R.S. §
									46-101(14).
12. "In-kind income" means the value of goods or services
				  received for work in lieu of the receipt of wages.
13. "Legal claim for support or care" means that the
				  recipient has a duty under the law to look after or provide financially for the
				  person with the legal claim for support or care.
14. "Lump-sum payment" means a single payment, such as
				  retroactive monthly Social Security or other benefits, nonrecurring pay
				  adjustments or bonuses, inheritances, lottery winnings, or personal injury and
				  workers' compensation awards.
15. "Notice of adverse action" means a written notice sent to
				  a recipient when the Department takes adverse action under
				  R6-13-141.
16. "Office of Appeals" means the Department's independent,
				  quasi-judicial, administrative hearing body that includes hearing officers
				  appointed under A.R.S. §
									41-1992(A).
17. "Recipient" means a person who receives TC
				  payments.
18. "Resources" means the assistance unit's real and personal
				  property and liquid assets.
19. "TC" means Tuberculosis Control, a program administered
				  by the Department that provides monetary assistance to an assistance unit that
				  includes an adult who is certified by the state Tuberculosis Control Officer to
				  have active tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis, and that satisfies the
				  eligibility requirements in this Article.
20. "Vendor payment" means a payment from a person or
				  organization that is not a member of an assistance unit to a third party to
				  cover an assistance unit's expenses.