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

MA-200

DEFINITIONS

31 REISSUED 03/01/11 – CHANGE NO. 03-11 (III.)

Trade Readjustment Benefits --- Benefits received as compensation for loss of employment because of foreign imports, when the person is eligible also for unemployment benefits. Benefits are payable through the Employment Security Commission.

Trafficking Victim --- An alien who has been forced into the international sex trade, prostitution, slavery and forced labor through coercion, threats of physical violence, psychological abuse, torture and imprisonment.

Transfer - To change ownership or title from one person(s) to another. A transfer also occurs when an individual takes action to waive or renounce assets or an inheritance to which he is entitled or when an individual takes any action that eliminates his ownership or reduces his control of a asset. For example, changing fee simple property to tenancy-in-common property or adding an additional owner to a savings account is considered a transfer.

Transfer Date for Real Property or Interest in Real Property - The date of transfer for real property is the day the deed is signed by the grantor, delivered, and accepted by the grantee. Unless fraud is suspected, it is presumed this is the date recorded on the front of the deed. The deed does not have to be notarized or registered in order to be a valid title transfer. However, a deed of gift must be registered within 2 years to remain valid.

Transfer Month --- The calendar month in which resources were legally transferred.

Transfer of Assets --- Changing of ownership.

Transitional Benefit Report (TBR) --- The form a family on 12 month Transitional Medicaid is required to complete in order to continue to receive Transitional Medicaid.

Transitional Medicaid ---

a. Four Months Transitional Medicaid --- The up to 4-month period of time that a family may receive Medicaid when they have been determined ineligible for Work First or MAF-C because of new or increased child/spousal support which is collected by IV-D or received by a member of the family and forwarded to IV-D.

b. Twelve Months Transitional Medicaid --- The up to 12-month period of time that a family may receive Medicaid when they have been determined ineligible for Work First or MAF-C because of new or increased earned income.

Uncompensated Value - The difference between the market value less encumbrances (the equity) of the asset at the time of the transfer and any payment or compensation received. The uncompensated value is the amount upon which the sanction is based.