New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Part 640 - RESTORATION AND CLAIMS
Section 8.100.640.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Unless otherwise apparent from the context, the following definitions shall apply throughout these regulations.
A. Claim: means correcting the over-issuance of benefits an eligibility determination group received, but was not entitled to receive, subject to the recovery of such overpayments.
B. Administrative or agency error (AE) claim: means any claim for an overpayment caused by an action or failure to take action by the department.
C. Eligibility determination group: means the basic assistance unit for a category of assistance, or a group of people, either mandatory or optional, to be included in determining the monthly benefit amount.
D. Inadvertent household error (IHE) claim: means any claim for an overpayment resulting from a misunderstanding or unintended error on the part of the eligibility determination group.
E. Intentional program violation (IPV) claim: means any claim for an overpayment or trafficking resulting from an individual committing an IPV, as defined in regulation in Subsection D of 8.139.647.8 NMAC.
F. Restoration: means the issuance of benefits to an eligibility determination group that it was entitled to receive, but did not receive due to:
G. Sponsored aliens: means an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States as an immigrant, as defined in Subsection 101(a)(15) and Subsection 101(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
H. Supplement: means the amount of benefits issued in addition to the monthly benefit amount the eligibility determination group has already received that equals the amount of benefits the group was entitled to receive for that month.