Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 375 - REFUGEE CASH ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter A - PROGRAM PURPOSE AND SCOPE › Section 375.103 - How are the terms in this chapter defined?

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Adult--An individual 18
				  years of age or older.
(2)
				  Applicant--An individual who has applied for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) or
				  Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) and is waiting on an eligibility
				  determination.
(3) Asylee--An
				  individual who has been granted asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and
				  Nationality Act.
(4) Cash
				  Assistance--Financial assistance to refugees, including Temporary Assistance
				  for Needy Families (TANF), Social Security Income, Refugee Cash Assistance, and
				  general assistance.
(5)
				  Contractor--An organization that has applied for and been awarded a RCA open
				  enrollment contract.
(6) CFR--Code
				  of Federal Regulations.
(7)
				  CHIP--Texas Children's Health Insurance Program.
(8) DHS--Texas Department of Human
				  Services.
(9) DOJ--Department of
				  Justice.
(10) Employability
				  plan--An employment plan designed to lead to the earliest possible employment
				  in the shortest time period.
(11)
				  Family unit--An unmarried adult, married couple without children, or parents,
				  or custodial relatives, with a minor child who are not eligible for TANF, who
				  live in the same household.
(12)
				  Fund accounting--A system of accounting that requires separate records for each
				  source of funding.
(13)
				  INA--Immigration and Nationality Act.
(14) Incentive payment--A one-time payment
				  for early employment.
(15)
				  INS--Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(16) LEP--Limited English
				  Proficiency.
(17) MAA--Mutual
				  Assistance Agency, an organization incorporated as a non-profit agency that has
				  not less than 51% of the Board of Directors or governing board comprised of
				  refugees or former refugees, including both refugee men and women.
(18) MNIL--Medically Needy Income
				  Limit.
(19) OIRA--Office of
				  Immigration and Refugee Affairs under DHS.
(20) ORR--Office of Refugee
				  Resettlement.
(21)
				  P-3--Public/Private Partnership, a state-administered option for the provision
				  of refugee cash assistance through contracts or grants with local resettlement
				  agencies.
(22) Participant--A
				  person who has applied for and been determined eligible for RCA or
				  RMA.
(23) Refugee--An individual
				  admitted to the U.S. under section 207 of the INA.
(24) Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)--A
				  time-limited cash assistance program available to eligible refugees who are
				  ineligible for TANF.
(25) Refugee
				  Medical Assistance (RMA)--A time-limited medical assistance program provided to
				  eligible refugees who are ineligible for Medicaid.
(26) TAC--Texas Administrative
				  Code.
(27) TANF--Temporary
				  Assistance for Needy Families.
(28)
				  UNHCR--United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
(29) Vendor Payment--Payment made on behalf
				  of a RCA participant for rent or utilities.
(30) Victim of a Severe Form of
				  Trafficking--An adult individual certified by the U.S. Department of Health and
				  Human Services as a victim of a severe form of trafficking.
(31) VOLAG--Voluntary Resettlement
				  Agency.