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(59) Medicare--Medical coverage available under Title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to people 65 years of age or older and
to certain disabled people under 65 years of age.
(60) MEPD--A Medicaid-funded program for the elderly
and people with disabilities. A public assistance program providing
institutional and community-based health-related care for the elderly
and people with disabilities. MEPD does not provide cash assistance.
Examples of MEPD services and programs are:
(A) primary home care services;
(B) 1915(c) waiver programs, which provide commu-
nity-based care as an alternative to institutional care;
(C) care in a Medicaid-certified long-term care facility;and
(PACE).(D) the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
(61) Mineral rights--Ownership interest in the oil, gas, or
minerals beneath the surface of a piece of property.
(62) Month of application--The month in which the date of
application falls.
(63) Noninstitutional setting--A living arrangement in
which a person applying for or receiving Medicaid does not live in
a long-term care facility or receive services under a 1915(c) waiver
program.
(64) Nursing facility--An entity that provides organized
and structured nursing care and services, and is subject to licensure
under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 242.
(65) Parent--A child's natural or adoptive parent or the
spouse of the natural or adoptive parent.
(66) Pension funds--Monies held in a retirement fund un-
der a plan administered by an employer or union, or an individual re-
tirement account (IRA) or Keogh account as described in the Internal
Revenue Code.
(67) Personal needs allowance--An amount of the recipi-
ent's income that a recipient in an institutional setting may retain for
personal use.
(68) Primary home care services--Medicaid-funded,
in-home attendant services provided to a person with a medical need
for specific tasks to delay or prevent the person's need for institutional
care.
(69) Principal place of residence--The home where a per-
son resides, occupies, and lives.
(70) Provider--A person, group, or agency contracted to
provide a Medicaid-funded service to a person for a fee.
(71) Public institution--An institution defined in 20 CFR
416.201.
(72) Real property--Land and improvements, including
buildings and structures. Real property may also include a mine or
quarry, standing timber, or minerals.
(73) Recipient--A person receiving benefits under MEPD,
including a person whose Medicaid eligibility is being redetermined.
(74) Representative payee--A person or an organization se-
lected to receive benefits on behalf of a recipient, if the recipient is not
able to manage or direct the management of benefit payments in his or
her own interest.(75) Resources--Cash, other liquid assets, or any real or
personal property, that a person (or spouse or parent, as appropriate):
(A) owns;
(B) has the right, authority, or power to convert to cash
(if not already cash); and
(C) is not legally restricted from using for his or her
support and maintenance.
(76) Restitution--Securing payment from a recipient when
fraud is not indicated or pursued and when the recipient's co-payment
has been undercharged because of previously unreported or underre-
ported monthly income or resources.
(77) Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
(RSDI)--Benefits provided under Title II of the Social Security Act.
(78) Retroactive coverage--Payment for Medicaid-reim-
bursable medical services received up to three months before the
month of application.
(79) Social Security--A federal system of retirement and
disability insurance for various categories of employed and dependent
persons, funded through dedicated payroll taxes.
(80) Social Security Act--The federal statute that provides
the authority for various programs referenced in this chapter, including
Medicare and Medicaid. See also the definition in this section for cer-
tain titles in the Social Security Act.
(81) Social Security Administration (SSA)--The federal
agency that issues Social Security numbers, administers Social Secu-
rity benefit programs, and manages the SSI program.
(82) Social service--A service, other than a medical ser-
vice, that is intended to assist a person with a physical disability or
social disadvantage to function in society on a level comparable to that
of a person who does not have such a disability or disadvantage. No
in-kind items are expressly identified as social services.
(83) Special income limit--The income limit used to test
MEPD eligibility for a person or couple in an institutional setting in
accordance with 358.433 of this chapter (relating to Special Income
Limit).
(84) Spousal impoverishment--Provision implemented un-
der 1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5) designed to
prevent the impoverishment of a family, usually a couple, when one
spouse needs care in an institutional setting.
(85) State center--A facility operated by the Texas Depart-
ment of State Health Services with which the Texas Department of Ag-
ing and Disability Services contracts to provide services to persons with
mental retardation who reside in the facility.
(86) State mental health facility--A facility operated by the
Texas Department of State Health Services that provides care for peo-
ple with mental illness who need the safety, structure, and resources of
an in-patient setting.
(87) State supported living center--A facility operated by
the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services that provides
residential services and 24-hour supervision and active treatments to
assist people with mental retardation.
(88) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) federal benefit
rate--Standard payment amount in the SSI program.
(89) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program--A fed-
eral income supplement program, funded by general tax revenues andADOPTED RULES August 14, 2009 34 TexReg 5503
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