Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 12 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R6-12-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
1. "Acceptable medical source" means a
				registered nurse practitioner or a licensed physician, including a medical or
				osteopathic doctor; licensed psychologist; licensed optometrist; and licensed
				podiatrist, as applicable for the particular medical impairment.
2. "Adequate notice" means a notice which
				explains the action the Department intends to take, the reason for the action,
				the specific authority for the action, the recipient's appeal rights, and right
				to benefits pending appeal, and which is mailed before the effective date of
				the action.
3. "Adequate and timely
				notice" means a written notice which contains the information required for an
				adequate notice and is sent within the time-frame provided for a timely
				notice.
4. "Adverse action" means
				one of the Department actions described in
				R6-12-1001(A),
				including action to terminate or reduce a benefit or assistance grant, or
				change the manner or form in which benefits are paid.
5. "AHCCCS" or "Arizona Health Care Cost
				Containment System" means a system established pursuant to A.R.S. §
									36-2901 et
				seq. which consists of contracts with providers for the provision of
				hospitalization and medical care coverage to members.
6. "AHCCCSA" or "The Arizona Health Care Cost
				Containment System Administration" means the Arizona state government agency
				which administers the AHCCCS program.
7. "Appellant" means an applicant or
				recipient of assistance who is appealing an adverse action by the
				Department.
8. "Applicant" means a
				person who has directly, or through an authorized representative or responsible
				person, filed an application for CA with the Department.
9. "Assistance unit" means those members of a
				needy family, or a child only case, that meet the non-financial eligibility
				criteria for Cash Assistance and whose needs, income, resources, and other
				circumstances are considered as a whole to determine a Cash Assistance benefit
				amount.
10. "Available income"
				means income that is actually available to the family or the assistance unit,
				and income in which the family or the assistance unit has a legal interest in a
				liquidated sum and has the legal ability to make such sum available for support
				and maintenance. When an assistance unit includes a dependent child who resides
				with a parent or a minor sibling, the Department shall consider the income of
				the parent and minor sibling as available income to the assistance
				unit.
11. "Available resources"
				means resources that are actually available to the assistance unit, and
				resources in which the assistance unit has a legal interest. Resources include
				a liquidated sum in which the assistance unit has the legal ability to make
				such sum available for support and maintenance. When an assistance unit
				includes a dependent child who resides with a parent or a minor sibling, the
				Department shall consider the resources of the parent and minor sibling as
				available resources to the assistance unit.
12. "Benefit month" means the calendar month
				for which benefits are paid based upon the assistance unit's projected income
				and anticipated circumstances for that same month.
13. "Benefit" or "cash benefit" means a
				monetary amount that the Department pays to an assistance unit for a particular
				benefit month.
14. "Bona fide
				funeral agreement" means a prepaid plan that specifically covers only
				funeral-related expenses as evidenced by a written contract.
15. "Burial plot" means a space reserved in a
				cemetery, crypt, vault, or mausoleum for the remains of a deceased
				person.
16. "CA" means Cash
				Assistance, a program administered by the Department that provides assistance
				to needy families with dependent children and to child only cases under
				42
				U.S.C. 601 et seq.
17. "Calendar quarter" means one of the four
				consecutive three-month periods of a calendar year beginning with either
				January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.
18. "Calendar year" means a period of 12
				consecutive months beginning with January 1 and ending with December
				31.
19. "Caretaker relative" means
				a parent or a non-parent relative (Non-parent Caretaker Relative or NPCR),
				whether related by blood or adoption, who maintains a family setting for a
				dependent child and who exercises responsibility for the day-to-day physical
				care, guidance, and support of that child.
20. "Child only case" means a case in which
				the eligible dependent child is in the legal custody of the Department and
				placed in foster care as defined in A.R.S. §
									8-501,
				with an unrelated adult, or a nonparent relative who is not receiving Cash
				Assistance. A.R.S. §
									46-101(7).
21. "Child welfare agency" means any agency
				or institution as defined at A.R.S. §
									8-501(A)(1).
22. "Collateral contact" means an individual,
				agency, or organization the Department contacts to confirm information provided
				by the applicant or recipient.
23.
				"Countable income" means income from every source minus income excluded under
				R6-12-503.
24. "Countable payment" means a cash benefit
				paid to or for an assistance unit in the Arizona CA program on or after October
				1, 2002, but does not include cash benefits that are not countable toward the
				36-month time limit under
				R6-12-318(E).
25. "Crime" means any unlawful act against a
				head of household, the spouse of the head of household, or any member of an
				assistance unit that creates a hardship.
26. "Current federal poverty level" means the
				federal Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines published
				annually in the Federal Register.
27. "Day" means a calendar day unless
				otherwise specified.
28.
				"Department" means the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
29. "Dependent child" means a child as
				defined at A.R.S. §
									46-101(8).
30. "Disregards" means those income
				deductions that the Department applies to the family's or the assistance unit's
				gross earned income to determine eligibility and benefit amount.
31. "District Medical Consultant" means a
				licensed physician whom the Department employs to review medical records for
				the purpose of determining physical or mental incapacity.
32. "Earned income" means any monetary gain
				to the family or the assistance unit as defined in
				45 CFR
				233.20(a)(6)(iii) through
				(viii) (October 1994) which is incorporated by reference and on file with the
				Office of the Secretary of State and not including any later amendments or
				editions, and in Article 5 of this Chapter.
33. "Eligibility determination date" means
				the date the Department makes the decision described in
				R6-12-706
				and issues the eligibility decision notice.
34. "Encumbrance" means a legal
				debt.
35. "Equity value" means fair
				market value minus encumbrances.
36. "FAA" or "Family Assistance
				Administration" means the administration within the Department's Division of
				Benefits and Medical Eligibility with responsibility for providing financial
				and food stamp assistance to eligible persons and determining medical
				eligibility.
37. "Fair
				consideration" means an amount which reasonably represents the fair market
				value of transferred property.
38.
				"Fair market value" means the value at which property would change hands
				between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any
				compulsion to buy or sell, and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant
				facts.
39. "Family" means the
				following individuals living in the same home with:
a. A head of household caretaker relative:
i. A dependent child,
ii. Parent or parents of the dependent
				child,
iii. Spouse of the parent or
				parents of the dependent child,
iv.
				The head of household caretaker relative,
v. The spouse of the head of household
				caretaker relative,
vi. Minor
				siblings of the dependent child,
vii. Minor children of the head of household
				caretaker relative, and
viii. Minor
				children of the spouse of the head of household caretaker relative, or