Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 470 - REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND THE REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Chapter 1 - GENERAL BACKGROUND
Section 470-1-004 - DEFINITIONS

004.01 ADEQUATE NOTICE. Notice of case action which includes a statement of what action the Department intends to take, the reason for the intended action, the specific regulation or guidance document that supports the action, or the change in federal or state law that requires the action.

004.02 APPLICATION. The action by which the individual indicates in writing on a Department approved form the desire to receive Program assistance.

004.03 CATEGORICAL ASSISTANCE. Assistance administered by the Department. For the purposes of this definition, it includes Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), Child Welfare Payment and Medical Services Program, Assistance to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (AABD), State Disability Program (SDP), and the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP).

004.04 DEPARTMENT. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

004.05 GRANT CASE. A case receiving a Refugee Resettlement payment or eligible to receive payment but not receiving it because of the minimum payment requirement.

004.06 HOUSEHOLD, individuals living together. There may be more than one public assistance unit within a household.

004.07 MATCH GRANT. An agreement with a voluntary resettlement agency that enables the agency to issue the assistance grant for the first time four months of a refugee's eligibility.

004.08 OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. A federal office created by The Refugee Act of 1980. The office is housed within the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is primarily responsible for federal oversight of federal refugee resettlement services and program administration.

004.09 REFUGEE. A refugee is defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act at 8 (United States Code) U.S.C. § 1101

004.10 REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CASH AND MEDICAL. A categorical program consisting of financial and medical assistance to eligible refugees.

004.11 REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. A program providing medical assistance, but no cash assistance, to eligible refugees.

004.12 SHARE OF COST. An individual's monthly financial out-of-pocket obligation for medical services when the individual's income exceeds the program limits.

004.13 TIMELY NOTICE. A notice of case action dated and mailed at least 10 calendar days before the date the action becomes effective).

004.14 UNIT. Eligible individuals considered in determining the grant and medical assistance.

004.15 WITHDRAWAL. A voluntary written retraction of an application.