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COMAR 10.09.24.02
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(b) "Earned income" means payment received by a person in cash or in-kind as a result of employment, including self-employment. Earned income consists of wages, salaries, commissions, tips, and profit from self-employment. (c) "In-kind income" means support or benefits in the form of food or shelter, or both, received by a person. (d) "Unearned income" means all income which does not meet the definition of earned income. (24) "Family Investment Administration" means the administrative unit of the Department of Human Resources and its affiliated local departments responsible for determining an applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Public Assistance, Medical Assistance, and Medical Assistance, State-Only. (25) "Incurred medical expenses" means those paid or unpaid bills for medical care which are recognized under State law and are or will be the obligation of the applicant. (26) "Intermediate care facility" means a nursing facility which meets the standards for certification and participation in Title XIX and has entered into a provider agreement with the Department pursuant to COMAR 10.09.11. (27) "Intermediate care facility-mental retardation" means a nursing facility for the mentally retarded which meets the standards for certification and participation in Title XIX and has entered into a provider agreement with the Department pursuant to COMAR 10.09.11. (28) "Living together" means sharing a common household. (29) "Local department of social services (LDSS)" means the Baltimore City or a county social services department under the supervision of the Department of Human Resources. (30) "Long-term-care facility" means a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility—mental retardation, chronic hospital, tuberculosis hospital, or mental hospital. (31) "Mandatory State Supplement" means a cash payment a state is required to make under Section 212, P.O. 93-66 to an aged, blind, or disabled person to provide him with the same amount of cash assistance he was receiving under Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, or Public Assistance to the Needy Blind if his SSI payment is less than that amount. (31-1) "Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Program" means the Medicaid reform program established under COMAR 10.09.62—10.09.73, as authorized by Health-General Article, Title 15, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland. (32) "Medicaid" means Medical Assistance provided under the State Plan approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.