Definitions (Repealed)

As used in Sections 17b-605-10a through 17b-605-18a: (a) "Applicant" means a person who completes, signs, and submits an application. (b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Social Services. (c) "Department" means the Department of Social Services. (d) "Disability-related expenses" means the cost of services directly associated with a recipient’s disability and may include the following expenses if not reimbursable by a third party: disability-related medical supplies, equipment, personal care assistant, prescriptions, medical and dental appointments and other disability-related expenses as determined by the Commissioner. All such claimed expenses, including proof of requests for and denial of third party reimbursable claims, are subject to review and approval by the Commissioner. (e) "Recipient" means a person who has been determined eligible and is receiving a subsidy for personal care assistance. (f) "Employable" means unemployed and able to provide proof of actively seeking employment in the competitive labor market and evidence of a marketable job skill. (g) "Employed" means: (1) Working seventeen and one-half (17 1/2) hours or more per week in the competitive labor market, and compensated at least at the state minimum wage pursuant to Title 31, Section 31-58 (j) of the General Statutes of Connecticut. (2) Being self-employed with gross annual income equal to or exceeding the income level of a person working seventeen and one-half (17 1/2) hours or more per week in the competitive labor market and compensated at least at the minimum wage pursuant to Title 31, Section 31-58 (j) of the General Statutes of Connecticut. (h) "Family income" means the gross income of the applicant, adjusted by allowable deductions for disability-related expenses. For the first level of assistance, family income shall not exceed $30,000 per year, or, if he or she is married, the combined gross income of the applicant and his or her spouse, shall not exceed $51,000 per year. For a family with children an additional $2,000 in family income is allowed for each dependent child. For the second level of assistance, family income shall not exceed $20,000 per year for a single individual or, if he or she is married, the combined gross income of the applicant and his or her spouse, shall not exceed $41,000 per year. For a family with children an additional $2,000 in family income is allowed for each dependent child. (i) "Gross income" means all income, from whatever source derived, including, but not limited to: (1) Earned income such as compensation paid by an employer to an employee for personal services and includes wages, salaries, tips, commissions, bonuses, and earnings from self-employment or contractual agreements; (2) Unearned income such as pensions, annuities, dividends, interest, rental income, estate or trust income, royalties, social security or supplemental security income, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, alimony, child support, and cash assistance from federal, state, or municipal assistance programs. (j) "Personal care assistance" means assistance with activities of self-care which a person is unable to perform for himself or herself including, but not limited to, assistance with bathing, bowel or bladder care, dressing, personal grooming, moving in and out of bed, preparation and consumption of food, assistance with mobility, application or use of prostheses, other assistive devices, or technological equipment. (k) "Personal care assistant" means a person who is paid to provide personal care assistance on a regular basis. Such person shall not be the spouse of the recipient. (l) "Severe physical disability" means an impairment, either congenital or acquired, which is expected to continue indefinitely and which limits one or more major life activities, including self-care. (m) "Subsidy" means a grant made by the Department to a recipient which may be paid in installments. The subsidy for those eligible for the first level of assistance is up to $7,300 per year. The subsidy for those eligible for the second level of assistance is up to $15,000 per year. (n) "Supervise" means the ability to hire, train, direct, schedule, pay, and terminate the employment of a personal care assistant.