Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 210 - Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Chapter 40 - Medicaid for Elders and Adults with Disabilities
Subchapter 05 - Community Medicaid
Part 1 - Medicaid for Elders and Adults with Disabilities: Community Medicaid
Section 210-RICR-40-05-1.5 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 210 RI Code of Rules 40 05 1.5
Current through March 25, 2025
A. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
1. "Adult
dependent child" means an unmarried person eighteen (18) years of age or older
who has a disabling impairment that began before age twenty-two (22) that is
collecting disability related benefits from the U.S. Social Security
Administration (SSA).
2.
"Applicant" means the person seeking initial or continuing eligibility for
Medicaid.
3. "Community Medicaid
eligibility standards" means the income and resource standards used as the
basis for determining initial and continuing Medicaid eligibility for each
coverage group included in this Section.
4. "Deemed income" means income attributed to
another person whether or not the income is actually available to the person to
whom it is deemed.
5. "Deemor"
means a person whose income and/or resources are subject to deeming. Such
individuals include non-applicant parents and spouses and sponsors of
non-citizens.
6. "Non-applicant" or
"NAPP" means a person whose finances are considered for deeming purposes
although is not seeking or is unqualified for Medicaid.
7. "Parent" means a natural or adoptive
father or mother living in the same household as the eligible child.
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