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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED MEDICAID MANUAL

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DEFINITIONS

13 REISSUED 03/01/11 – CHANGE NO. 03-11 (III.) Child Tax Credit (CTC) ---Supplement to the earnings of low income taxpayers with earned income. Must be a parent, step-parent, grandparent, or foster parent with a dependent child. The child tax credit may provide a refund to individuals even if they do not owe any tax. There is no advance payment with CTC.

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) --- The national title for the Health Choice program. (See North Carolina Health Choice.)

Client --- means any applicant for or recipient of Medicaid, or someone who makes inquiries, is interviewed, or has been otherwise served.

Closing Date --- The last day of the month in which the a/r is eligible for benefits.

Collateral --- Any individual, employee, or person representing an agency, firm, organization, etc., whom the Income Maintenance Caseworker approaches to obtain verification of information provided by the budget unit.

Commissions --- Percentage of money made on sales and given in pay, in addition to salary or wages.

Communal Dining Facility --- A public or nonprofit private establishment, approved by FNS, which prepares or serves meals for elderly persons or for Supplemental Security Income recipients and their spouses.

Community Spouse --- The non-institutionalized spouse of an institutionalized spouse.

Community Spouse Resource Allowance --- An amount of countable resources held by the institutionalized spouse, the community spouse or both which is protected for the use of the community spouse. This amount is not considered available to the institutionalized spouse.

Compensation ---- Something received as payment for an asset. Payment is usually considered to be cash, but other forms of payment include in-kind income, real or personal property, support and maintenance, services, or assumption of a legal debt.

Confidentiality --- Safeguarding client information.

Contested Decision --- A tentative State hearing decision with which a county or the a/r disagrees.

Contiguous Property --- Real property with boundaries that touch the homesite property, disregarding the presence of streets, roads, rivers or streams.

Continuous Eligibility --- Once a child under age 19 has qualified for Medicaid he can receive for up to 12 months regardless of financial changes that affect eligibility.

Contribution --- Donation of cash or in-kind made by an individual to or on behalf of a member of the budget unit.