Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part IV - Adult Services Manual › Subpart B - Eligibility for Services › Chapter 2070 - ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2070.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Client
-A person whose eligibility has
						been determined and who is receiving medical transportation service.
County
-A county of this Commonwealth or
						the city of Philadelphia.
Department
-The Department of Public
						Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Exceptional transportation
						service
-Nonemergency transportation which is necessary under
						extraordinary medical circumstances. This type of transportation may require
						traveling great distances for medical treatment not normally provided through
						regional medical providers. The term includes air travel.
Medical assistance eligible
-A resident
						of this Commonwealth who has been determined eligible for a category of public
						assistance and whose name appears as an eligible recipient on a currently valid
						medical services eligibility card.
Medical services eligibility card
-The
						identification card issued by the Department to persons eligible for medical
						benefits under the following assistance programs available in this
						Commonwealth:
(i) Categorically Needy
					 Program (Cash Assistance, nonmoney payment, SSI).
(ii) Blind Pension Program.
(iii) Medically Needy Program.
Medical transportation
						service
-Transportation to a medical facility, physician's office,
						dentist's office, hospital, clinic, pharmacy or purveyor of medical equipment
						for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or medical evaluation or
						purchasing prescription drugs or medical equipment. The term does not include
						emergency medical transportation that would normally be provided by an
						ambulance.
Provider
-A public agency, private
						organization, or individual who has been designated by the county
						commissioners, county executive, or prime contractor to provide transportation
						services or to determine and redetermine eligibility of persons for
						transportation service. The term is not the same as a provider of medical
						assistance services.
Prime contractor
-A public or private
						agency or organization under a direct contract with the Department for the
						provision of transportation services under the Public Assistance Transportation
						Block Grant program.
Public Assistance Transportation Block
						Grant
-Funding for county governments in this Commonwealth and prime
						contractors for the provision of medical transportation services to eligible
						public assistance recipients.
Service mode
-The method used to provide
						transportation services to clients. The term includes but is not limited to
						public or private fixed route service, exclusive ride service, shared ride
						service, and commuter rail service.
Service need (need for services)
-The
						client's need for medical transportation services. Service need is determined
						through an assessment of the client's mental and physical capability to use the
						various modes of transportation available in the county, the client's ability
						to meet the client's own transportation needs, and the client's ability to
						utilize transportation services funded by other State and Federal
						programs.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
													175.23 (relating to
						  requirements).