Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart D - Determination of Need and Amount of Assistance › Chapter 181 - INCOME PROVISIONS FOR CATEGORICALLY NEEDY NMP-MA AND MNO-MA › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR MA INCOME COMMONTO ALL CATEGORIES OF MA › GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR MA INCOME › Section 181.2 - 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:
Applicant/recipient
-A person who is
						  applying for, or receiving, MA or a group of related persons who are living
						  together and who choose to apply for, or receive, MA as one group.
Calendar quarter
-A period of 3 full
						  calendar months beginning with January, April, July or October.
Community spouse
-The spouse living at
						  home who has a spouse who had lived at home but is now an institutionalized
						  spouse.
Countable net income
-Income counted in
						  determining income eligibility for MA, which is actual and deemed income less
						  appropriate exemptions, deductions and disregards.
Deemed income
-Income which is
						  attributed to the applicant/recipient whether or not the income is actually
						  received.
Earned income
-Money or other
						  compensation received in return for services rendered.
Full-time employment
-Employment which
						  averages at least 30 hours per week in a calendar month.
IRC
-Internal Revenue Code
						  (26 U.S.C.A. §§
													1 -
						  1043.
Infrequent income
-Income that is
						  received not more than once in a calendar quarter.
Institutionalized spouse
-The spouse
						  who is receiving skilled care, heavy care/intermediate services or intermediate
						  care in a nursing facility or other medical institution, including services in
						  an ICF/MR facility, for a period likely to last for at least 30 consecutive
						  days.
Irregular income
-Income that is not
						  subject to scheduling or is unpredictable.
LRR-Legally Responsible Relative
-The
						  spouse of a person, or the natural or adoptive parent of a child under 21 years
						  of age.
Legal guardian
-A person who is court
						  appointed as the legal guardian.
MCCA
-The Medicare Catastrophic
						  Coverage Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-360, 102 Stat. 602) (July 1, 1988).
NFC-Nursing Facility Care
-Skilled
						  care, heavy care/intermediate services or intermediate care in a nursing
						  facility or other medical institution.
Nonrecurring income
-Income that is
						  received in a single payment and not expected to continue.
Parent
-The natural or adoptive father
						  or mother of a child under 21 years of age.
Part-time employment
-Employment which
						  averages less than 30 hours per week in a calendar month.
Personal property
-Privately-owned
						  possessions. The term includes, but is not limited to, cash, bank accounts,
						  stocks, bonds, mortgages, cash value of life insurance policies, household
						  furnishings, personal effects, motor vehicles, boats and Federal, State and
						  local tax refunds. The term does not include real property.
Real property
-Land, buildings, mobile
						  homes and improvements thereto.
Restricted income
-Income limited by
						  the payer for the use of a specified person.
SSI-Supplemental Security Income
-The
						  benefit amount paid to an eligible person or to an eligible person and his
						  eligible spouse under Title XIV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§
													1381 -
						  1383c.
Spouse
-A person who is married to
						  another by legal ceremony or by common-law.
Unearned income
-Money or other
						  compensation received for which a service is not rendered.
The provisions of this §
														181.2 amended under sections
							 201(2) and 403(a) of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
															201(2) and
							 403(a)).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
														181.110 (relating to income deemed
							 available from the spouse).