Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17 - Public Assistance and Welfare Services › 606a - An Assistive Technology Revolving Fund › Section 17-606a-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following terms, as used in Section
				17-606a-1 to
				Section
				17-606a-11
				inclusive, are defined as follows:
(a)
			 "Applicant" means any individual who has signed and submitted an application
			 for a loan.
(b) "Assistive
			 equipment" means any device, implement or item, including vehicle and home
			 modifications, which is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional
			 capabilities of individuals with disabilities and assist such individuals to
			 improve their quality of life, access employment opportunities and/or become or
			 continue to be productive members of the community.
(c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 The Department of Human Resources.
(d) "Compensation" means margin and/or fees
			 customarily collected by lending institutions for the administration and
			 servicing of loans.
(e)
			 "Department" means the Department of Human Resources.
(f) "Disability" means any physical or mental
			 impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities as
			 defined by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
(g) "Discretionary income" means the balance
			 of income remaining after calculating the applicant's total monthly income as
			 specified on the application and subtracting therefrom the total of the
			 applicant's monthly expenses as specified on the application
			 submitted.
(h) "Family" means a
			 household consisting of the applicant or the applicant and one or more persons
			 residing with the applicant including parent(s), a parent's spouse, and their
			 minor children who reside together, or the supervising relatives, a supervising
			 relative's spouse and their minor children who reside together; except that a
			 foster child shall be considered a family of one.
(i) "Fiduciary agent" means any organization,
			 entity or individual with which the Department of Human Resources establishes a
			 contract to review loan applications, close loans and administer, service and
			 document loans.
(j) "Income" means
			 wages, interest, dividends, capital gains, retirement income, public and
			 private assistance and disability payments, workers' compensation, rents and
			 other forms of remuneration or compensation.
(k) "Income group" means one of the following
			 household groups, adjusted by family size and based on the appropriate
			 Connecticut median income, as determined by the Commissioner on July 1 of each
			 year:
(1) households with incomes 25 percent
			 or less of the Connecticut median income;
(2) households with incomes more than twenty
			 five percent but not more than 50 percent of the Connecticut median income;
(3) households with incomes more
			 than 50 percent but not more than 75 percent of the Connecticut median income;
(4) households with incomes more
			 than 75 percent of Connecticut median income but not more that 100 percent of
			 the Connecticut median income and
(5) households with incomes more than one
			 hundred percent of the area median income.