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When a policy in a passage does not pertain to all categories of assistance, the first sentence in the passage will state the specific category or categories for which the passage is applicable. In some instances, the first sentence will state the category or categories for which the passage does not apply. 1015.00.00 MANUAL NUMBERING SCHEME The numbering scheme used for the Policy Manual provides a method for numbering each chapter and passage of text while providing the flexibility to add or insert passages or chapters without having to renumber or re-index other sections. There may be up to four sets of numbers in each passage number. The first number which represents the chapter and section number is four digits. All other numbers are two digits. The numbering scheme is illustrated by the following: • 1600.00.00 indicates Chapter 1600 • 1605.00.00 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605 • 1605.05.00 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605, Subsection 1605.05 • 1605.05.05 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605, Subsection 1605.05, Second Subsection 1605.05.05 • 1605.05.10 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605, Subsection 1605.05, Second Subsection 1605.05.10 • 1605.10.05 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605, Subsection 1605.10, Second Subsection 1605.10.05 • 1605.10.10.05 indicates Chapter 1600, Section 1605, Subsection 1605.10, Second Subsection 1605.10.10, and Third Subsection 1605.10.10.05. 1020.00.00 MANUAL TERMINOLOGY Many of the passage titles in the Policy Manual contain "program designators". These program designations are in parentheses at the end of passage titles. The program designators and the programs they represent are “MED” Medical programs. The medical, or health coverage, programs are traditional Medicaid, Refugee Medical Assistance, Hoosier Healthwise, and Healthy Indiana Plan. The "MED" classification is divided into four sub-groupings reflective of the similarities which exist in the financial and resource eligibility determinations of the categories in each group. If a