Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart I - Other Income Maintenance Programs › Chapter 299 - SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM AND STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 299.2 - 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:
Countable income
-As defined in
						20 CFR
						416.1104 (relating to income we
						count).
DCH-Domiciliary care home
-A premises
						certified by an area agency on aging for the purpose of providing a supervised
						living arrangement in a homelike setting for a period exceeding 24 consecutive
						hours to clients placed there by the area agency on aging.
DCS-Domiciliary care services
-Services
						and activities performed by the area agency on aging which are necessary
						to:
(1) Seek out, assess and determine
					 the eligibility of applicants and prospective providers.
(2) Certify domiciliary care homes.
(3) Arrange for, oversee and follow-up on the
					 placement of clients into domiciliary care homes and the receipt of the
					 domiciliary care supplement by clients.
FBR-Federal benefit rate
-As defined in
						20 CFR
						416.1101 (relating to definitions of
						terms).
In-kind support and maintenance
-As
						defined in 20 CFR
						416.1130(b) (relating to
						introduction).
Living in the household of another
-As
						defined in 20 CFR
						416.1132 (relating to what we mean by "living
						in another person's household").
Mandatory SSP
-As defined in
						20 CFR
						416.2050 (relating to mandatory minimum state
						supplementation).
Optional SSP
-A cash benefit, other than
						the mandatory SSP, provided to an eligible individual or couple under
						20 CFR
						416.2001 (relating to state supplementary
						payments; general).
PCH-Personal care home
-A premise in
						which food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided for a
						period exceeding 24 hours for four or more adults who are not relatives of the
						operator, who do not require the services in or of a licensed long-term care
						facility, but who do require assistance or supervision in matters such as
						dressing, bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation of a residence in the
						event of an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration.
PCS-Personal care services
-Assistance or
						supervision in matters, such as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management,
						evacuation of a resident in the event of an emergency, or medication prescribed
						for self-administration.
Representative payee
-As defined in
						20 CFR
						416.601 (relating to introduction).
SSA
-Social Security
						Administration.
SSI-Supplemental Security Income
-As
						defined in 20 CFR
						416.201 (relating to general definitions and
						terms used in this subpart).
SSP-State Supplementary Payment
-A cash
						benefit provided by the State to an individual or couple eligible for SSI or
						that would be eligible for SSI except for income.
SSP-Only
-A category designation for an
						individual or couple that is ineligible for SSI based on income alone, but
						eligible for an SSP.