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1. Federal Law: Title XIX of the U.S. Social Security Act; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396a-1396w-7; § 1413(b)(1)(A) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148; and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-115. 2. The Medicaid State Plan and the Section 1115 Waiver granted pursuant to § 1115 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1315. B. Applicable State authority is derived from R.I. Gen. Laws Title 40 and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-7.2. 3.2.3 Organization of SSI Methodology Provisions in this Chapter A. Sections pertaining to the SSI treatment of income and resources and their application are as follows: 1. § 3.2 of this Part – Overview of Methodology 2. § 3.3 of this Part – Treatment of Income 3. § 3.6 of this Part – Treatment of Resources 4. Part 05-1 of this Chapter – Community Medicaid B. Except as otherwise noted, the provisions in this Part apply to the determination of countable income and resources for Medicaid LTSS applicants and beneficiaries in the Integrated Health Care Coverage groups (IHCC). LTSS specific provisions related to the treatment of income and resources for IHCC members are set forth in Part 50-00-6 of this Title. The income of Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion adults in the Medicaid Affordable Care Coverage (MACC) category is evaluated in accordance with Part 30-00-3 of this Title, except that the person seeking Medicaid LTSS is treated as a family of one (1) irrespective of whether they live at home or a health institution or community-based service setting. All Medicaid LTSS applicants and beneficiaries, without regard for the method of determining financial eligibility, are subject to the transfer of asset provisions in Part 50-00-6 of this Title. 3.2.4 Definitions A. For the purposes of this Section, the following meanings apply: 1. “Child” means someone who is not married, is not the head of a household, and is either under age eighteen (18) or is under age twenty- two (22) and a student for the purposes of IHCC group eligibility only. See definition of a child for MACC group eligibility in Medicaid Affordable Care Coverage Groups Overview and Eligibility Pathways, Part 30-00-1 of this Title.