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5.2 Incorporated Materials A. These regulations hereby adopt and incorporate 42 C.F.R. § 435.603 (2023) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations. B. These regulations hereby adopt and incorporate 42 C.F.R. § 435.902-910 (2023) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations. C. These regulations hereby adopt and incorporate 42 C.F.R. § 435.916 (2023) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations. D. These regulations hereby adopt and incorporate 42 C.F.R. § 435.1005 (2023) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations. E. These regulations hereby adopt and incorporate 42 C.F.R. § 435.948-949 (2023) by reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations. 5.3 Definitions A. As used herein, the following terms shall be defined as follows: 1. “Affordable Care Act” or “ACA” means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. 2. “Attestation” means the act of a person affirming through an electronic or written signature that the statements the person made when applying for Medicaid eligibility are truthful and correct. 3. “Caretaker” or “Caretaker relative” means any adult living with a Medicaid- eligible dependent child that has assumed primary responsibility for that child as defined in Part 1 of this Subchapter. 4. “Continuous eligibility” or “CE” means a period of eligibility during which a member cannot be disenrolled due to changes in circumstances with certain exceptions. Exceptions include a request for disenrollment by the beneficiary, the beneficiary is no longer a resident of the state, the agency determines that eligibility was erroneously granted at the most recent determination, redetermination, or renewal due to agency error or fraud, abuse, or perjury attributed to the beneficiary, or the beneficiary is deceased.