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GLOSSARY

(MRG)

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE STANDARD OF NEED – Prior to April 2008 pursuant to a court order in Atchison v. Berger (76 ADM-17), Medicaid eligibility for Federally- related MA-Only individuals and families (persons under 21, over 65 and adults between 21 and 65 who are ADC or SSI related, and legally responsible relatives of MA-Only A/Rs who are determined able to contribute to the cost of care of their dependent relatives) was computed by comparing net available income to the Medically Needy Income Level or the PA Standard of Need, whichever was greater. The Public Assistance Standard of Need is an amount of money against which the income of an A/R is compared in order to determine eligibility for Public Assistance. The PA Standard is comprised of six separate items including the Pre-Add, the Home Energy Allowance, the Supplemental Home Energy Allowance, the Shelter Allowance, the Fuel for Heating Allowance and other Additional Allowances (including allowances for home delivered meals, a fifty dollar pregnancy allowance, a restaurant allowance, a special restaurant allowance, the cost of water, hotel or motel rates, and room and board where applicable) whose value must be added together to arrive at a needs level. At this time, the Public Assistance Standard of Need is not used when determining eligibility for Medicaid or Family Health Plus. In determining eligibility for LIF and ADC the net income of the A/R, after all appropriate disregards have been deducted, is compared to the Medically Needy Income Level or the Medicaid Standard (and MBL Living Arrangement chart as appropriate) whichever is most beneficial.

PUBLIC HOME - An adult care facility or a residential health care facility operated by a social services district.

PUBLIC INSTITUTION - An institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.

PUTATIVE FATHER - Man alleged to be the biological father of a child.

QUALIFIED ALIEN - An alien who: − has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); − has been granted asylum under Section 208 of the INA; − has been admitted to the United States as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA (including Amerasian immigrants admitted under the provisions of Public Law 100-202); − has been paroled into the United States under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA for a period of at least one year; − has had deportation withheld under Section 243(h) or 241(b)(3) of the INA; − is a Cuban and Haitian entrant (as defined in Section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980); − has been granted conditional entry pursuant to Section 203(a)(7) of the INA; or − has been determined by the social services district to be in need of Medicaid as a result of being battered or subject to extreme cruelty in the United