HAR §17-655-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter: "Alien status verification index (ASVI)" means the automated database maintained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) which may be accessed to verify the immigrant status of aliens. "Beneficiary data exchange system (BENDEX)" means an automated exchange system in which the the SSA transmits social security beneficiary data to the department. "Domiciliary care home" means any facility which provides twenty-four hour living accommodations, personal care services, and appropriate health care, as needed, to adults unable to care for themselves by persons unrelated to the recipient or applicant in 655-5 licensed adult residential care homes or other care homes regulated by the department of health. A domiciliary care home does not provide rehabilitative treatment services provided by special treatment facilities or services to meet needs higher than level of care III. There are two types of adult residential care homes: (1) Type I home for five or less residents; and (2) Type II home for six or more residents. "Family" means any food stamp household or person or persons requesting or receiving assistance. "INA" means the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. §§1101, et seq.). "INA" means the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. §§1101, et.seq.). "Income eligibility verification system (IEVS)" means a system of information acquisition and exchange for purposes of income and eligibility verification which meets the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §1320b-7). "Individual" means an applicant for or recipient of financial or food stamp assistance. "Ineligible alien" means an individual whose alien status makes the individual ineligible for assistance. "INS" means the United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. "Institution" means an establishment which furnishes shelter and the majority of the food to four or more persons unrelated to the proprietor, and in addition provides some treatment or services which meet some need beyond the basic provision of food and shelter. "Institution for mental disease" means an institution which is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons with mental disease, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services. Whether an institution is an institution for mental diseases is determined by its overall character as that of a facility established and maintained primarily for the care and treatment of 655-6 individuals with mental diseases, whether or not it is licensed as such. "Institution for the mentally retarded" means an institution (or distinct part of an institution) that: (1) Is primarily for the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of the mentally retarded or persons with related conditions; and (2) Provides, in a protected residential setting, ongoing evaluation, planning, twenty-four hour supervision, coordination, and integration of health or rehabilitative services to help each individual function at their greatest ability. "Institution for tuberculosis" means an institution that is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons with tuberculosis, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services. Whether an institution is an institution for tuberculosis is determined by its overall character as that of a facility established and maintained primarily for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, whether or not it is licensed as such. "Long-term care facility" means a medical institution such as a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, or any combination thereof, that furnishes health care services to inpatients. "Medical institution" means an institution which: (1) Is organized to provide medical care, including nursing and convalescent care; (2) Has the necessary professional personnel, equipment, and facilities to manage the medical, nursing, and other health needs of the patients on a continuing basis in accordance with accepted standards; (3) Is authorized under State law to provide medical care; and (4) Is staffed by professional personnel who have clear and definite responsibilities to the institution in the provision of professional 655-7 medical and nursing services including adequate and continual medical care and supervision by a physician; sufficient registered nurse or licensed practical nurse supervision and services and nurse aid services to meet nursing care needs; and appropriate guidance by a physician on the professional aspects of operating the facility. "Participating in a strike" means an actual refusal in concert with others to provide services to a person's employer. "Project area" means, for food stamps, the entire geographic area of a county within the State. "Public institution" means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control. Examples include, but shall not be limited to, jails, prisons, and correctional facilities. "SSA" means the Social Security Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. "SSI" means supplemental security income made in the form of monthly cash payments by the SSA. "SSN" means social security number issued by the SSA. "State data exchange system (SDX)" means an automated exchange system in which the SSA transmits information on all persons currently receiving SSI benefits to the department. "Strike" means any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees, including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees. "Systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE)" means the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) program whereby the department may verify the validity of documents provided by aliens applying 655-8 for assistance by obtaining information from a central data file maintained by INS. "Third party query (TPQY) request" means a manual system in which the department requests SSA beneficiary or SSI information from the SSA. [Eff 3/19/93; am 8/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-14)