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Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions
Issued November 13, 2025 Page 17 of A-200 Replaces January 27, 2025
Revised/added text indicated by underscore Deleted text indicated by “**”
Title II – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for entitlement to benefits based on earnings, known as RSDI.
Title IV-A – The portion of the Social Security Act that provided for the TANF program that, in Louisiana, is called FITAP.
Title IV-D – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for Support Enforcement Services.
Title IV-E – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance.
Title V – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.
Title X – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for family planning services.
Title XVI – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for SSI.
Title XVIII – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for Medicare.
Title XIX – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for Medicaid.
Title XX – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for social services.
Title XXI – The portion of the Social Security Act that provides for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Transitional Medicaid – Provides continued Medicaid coverage for a parent or caretakers who loses coverage in PCR because of an increase in MAGI from employment.
Tuberculosis Infected – Individuals who have been diagnosed with active Tuberculosis (TB) or suspected of being infected with TB.
Tutor – The legal guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.
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Unavailable Resource – A resource that is not legally available to the resource unit.