Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE › Title 106 CMR 701.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: General Policies › Section 701.600 - Definition of Terms

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Certain terms have a specific meaning in administering the
				TAFDC and EAEDC Programs. 106 CMR 701.600 provides definitions of these terms
				and, when appropriate, a manual citation where a complete definition is
				found.
(A)
Appeal
. An appeal is a written request for a fair
			 hearing on an action proposed or taken by the Department or on the Department's
			 failure to act. Manual Reference:
			 106 CMR 343.000:
Fair Hearing Rules,
702.600: Appeals.
(B)
Assets
. Assets
			 are objects of value, not including income, such as personal property, real
			 estate, automobiles, life insurance, cash and bank deposits, securities, and
			 certain other items. Manual Reference:
			 106 CMR 704.100:
Assets
.
(C)
Assistance Unit
. The assistance unit is composed of
			 persons whose needs are considered in determining eligibility and the amount of
			 the grant, and who are eligible to receive TAFDC or EAEDC benefits. All persons
			 required to be in the assistance unit must be included in the filing unit.
			 Manual Reference:
			 106
			 CMR 704.300:
Membership in the
			 Assistance Unit and Filing Unit,
704.305:
Composition of the
			 Assistance Unit,
704.320:
Optional Membership in a TAFDC
			 Assistance Unit,
704.310:
Composition of the Filing
			 Unit.
(D)
Auxiliary Activities
. Auxiliary activities are those
			 administrative actions necessary to ensure that the benefits authorized for
			 eligible recipients are provided in a timely and accurate manner. Manual
			 Reference:
			 106 CMR 706.000.
(E)
Case Record
. The
			 case record is the permanent collection, in written or electronic form, of the
			 information used to determine eligibility and provide benefits and referrals
			 for services. Manual Reference:
			 106 CMR
			 702.410:
Documentation in the Case
			 Record
(F)
Child of Mandatory Full Time School Age
. A child who
			 has turned six years of age or begun first grade whichever is later. Manual
			 Reference:
			 106 CMR
			 703.150:
TAFDC Work
			 Program.
(G)
Child of Record
. In the TAFDC Program, the youngest
			 child of a grantee as specified in 106 CMR 701.600, or the youngest child in
			 the household of an ineligible grantee who has a legal obligation to support
			 the child, or of a dependent child who is a parent even if the grantee is not
			 receiving assistance for his or her own children when the Family Cap date is
			 established. Manual Reference: 106 CMR 703.140:
TAFDC Family Cap and
			 Child of Record
.
(H)
Competent Medical Authority
. For TAFDC and EAEDC, a
			 physician, physician's assistant, osteopath, nurse practitioner or psychologist
			 licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including a physician or
			 psychiatrist from a Veterans Administration Hospital or clinic or from a
			 Massachusetts Department of Mental Health facility or, for the limited purpose
			 of diagnosing pregnancy and pregnancy-related incapacity, a nurse-midwife who
			 meets the educational and certification requirements mandated by state law
			 and/or regulations.
(I) For TAFDC
			 and EAEDC, a competent medical authority is a physician, osteopath, nurse
			 practitioner or psychologist licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
			 including a physician or psychiatrist from a Veterans Administration Hospital
			 or clinic or from a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health facility or, for
			 the limited purpose of diagnosing pregnancy and pregnancy-related incapacity, a
			 nurse-midwife who meets the educational and certification requirements mandated
			 by state law and/or regulations.
(J)
Dependent Child
.
(1) In the TAFDC program, a dependent child
			 is a child who is younger than 18 years old, or younger than 19 years old if
			 the child is a full-time student in grade 12 or below, in a high school or a
			 vocational or technical training program of the equivalent level designed to
			 lead to gainful employment, and the child is expected to graduate or complete
			 the course of study before his or her 19th
			 birthday.
(2) In the EAEDC program,
			 a dependent child is a child who is younger than 18 years old and living with a
			 caretaker as defined in
			 106 CMR
			 703.700(1)(c).
(3) The term, dependent child, as used
			 throughout
			 106 CMR 701.000 is
			 understood to include the plural, when appropriate. Manual Reference:
			 106 CMR
			 703.200:
TAFDC Dependent
			 Child
, and
			 106 CMR
			 703.700:
EAEDC Caretaker
			 Family
.