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GLOSSARY

(MRG) determining the otherwise available income of a community spouse or family member.

PACE - Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly - Institutional or non- institutional services provided under a PACE demonstration waiver program (as defined in Section 1934 of the Federal Social Security Act) or under a PACE program under section 1934 or 1894 of the Federal Social Security Act.

PARENT - A child’s birth father or birth mother; adoptive father or adoptive mother; or putative father who has acknowledged paternity.

PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE - A computerized information service which the child support enforcement program uses to locate non-custodial parents through State and federal records for the purpose of establishing paternity and establishing and enforcing child support.

PARTICIPATING CONSUMER – An individual who has signed the Partnership Consumer Participation Agreement and has purchased long-term care coverage pursuant to a Partnership approved policy/certificate from a participating insurer.

PARTICIPATING INSURER – An insurance company offering policy/certificate coverage, approved under the New York State Insurance Department Regulation 144 (11 NYCRR 39) that signs the Insurer Participation Agreement. Insurers must submit products proposed for sale as Partnership for Long-Term Care policies for review and approval by the New York State Department of Insurance in order to be approved as a participating insurer.

PATERNITY - Legal determination of fatherhood.

PATERNITY HEARING - A proceeding to examine the facts regarding legal fatherhood for a child.

PATERNITY PETITION - A formal written application to a court requesting judicial action to determine legal fatherhood of a specific man for a specific child.

PERMANENT ABSENCE STATUS - When an individual is not expected to return home, or the individual is an institutionalized spouse. Permanent absence status will be presumed to exist for persons who are not institutionalized spouses if:

(a) a person enters a nursing or intermediate care facility; (b) a person is initially admitted to acute care in a hospital and is then transferred to an alternate level of care, pending placement in a nursing facility; or (c) a person remains in acute care in a hospital for more than six calendar months. Adequate medical evidence may overcome these presumptions.