Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1000.01 Rights and Responsibilities - Definitions

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 12-5-08 Transmittal: UP-09-06 1000.01 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Rights and Responsibilities POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Programs: ALL PROGRAMS ______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Definitions ______________________________________________________________________________

1000.01 Case Record

A case record is any collection of personal data which is collected, maintained or disseminated by the Department.

Correctional Facility

A correctional facility is an institution for prisoners, including those who have been arrested or detained pending disposition of charges or are held under court order as material witnesses or juveniles.

Disability

For the purposes of this section, disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual, a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.

Disclosure

Disclosure is the availability or release of a record about an individual to another party.

Major Life Activities

Major Life Activities means functions such as, but not limited to, caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.

Mental Disease Facility

A mental disease facility is a hospital, nursing facility or other institution of more than 16 beds, primarily for the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons with mental diseases, not including mental retardation.

Personal Data

Personal data is any information about an assistance unit's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships, reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a particular unit.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 12-5-08 Transmittal: UP-09-06 1000.01 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Rights and Responsibilities POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Programs: ALL PROGRAMS ______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Definitions ______________________________________________________________________________

1000.01 Primary Language

Primary language is the language normally used by an individual to conduct day-to-day affairs. Primary language includes the language spoken at home, or the language used to conduct essential functions outside the home such as shopping, working, and also includes worshiping, and American Sign Language.

Reasonable Accommodation

The term reasonable accommodation means reasonable modifications to the Department’s policies, practices, or procedures that are necessary to allow an individual with a disability to participate meaningfully in the services, benefits, activities, and programs administered by the Department including, but not limited to, alterations in the eligibility and redetermination process that are necessary as a result of the individual’s disability to allow him or her to establish and maintain eligibility notwithstanding his or her disability. A reasonable modification does not include a waiver of any essential factor of eligibility or modification of the Department’s policies, practices, or procedures that would either fundamentally alter the nature of the program or cause undue fiscal or administrative burden on the Department.

Record of Such an Impairment

Record of such an impairment means that the individual has a history of having a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

Regarded as Having an Impairment

Regarded as having an impairment means that the individual is regarded by, or treated by, a worker or the Department as having a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, whether or not the individual actually has such an impairment.