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LTSS, regardless of payer. The eligibility date does not include periods of retroactive eligibility. 5. “Executive Office of Health and Human Services" or "EOHHS” means the State agency established in 2006 under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-7.2 within the executive branch of State government which serves as the principal agency for managing the Departments of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF); Health (RIDOH); Human Services (DHS); and Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH). 6. “Financial eligibility” means the set of factors used to determine whether a person is entitled to receive services based upon income and/or resource requirements, as well as limitations related to the transfer of assets, which includes both liquid resources and real property, prior to the application for Medicaid LTSS. 7. “Functional disability” means any long-term limitation resulting from an illness, health condition, or impairment that affects a person’s ability to perform certain activities of daily living without substantial assistance or supervision. 8. “Home and Community-Based Services" or "HCBS” means any Medicaid LTSS State Plan or Section 1115 waiver-authorized services available to beneficiaries at home or in a community-based setting. 9. “Institution” or "Health institution" means a State-licensed health facility that provides health and/or social services and supports on an in-patient basis. For the purposes of this Rule, the term means long-term care hospitals and treatment facilities (LTH), intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities (ICF/ID), and nursing facilities (NF). 10. “Integrated Health Care Coverage Groups” or "IHCC" means any Medicaid coverage group consisting of adults who are eligible based on receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), SSI protected status, the SSI income methodology and a related characteristic (age or disability), or as a result of participation in another Federal or State program, such as the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. This group includes beneficiaries eligible for community Medicaid (non-long-term care), Medicaid-funded LTSS and the Medicare Premium Payment Program (MPPP). 11. “Integrated Health and Human Services Eligibility System" or "IES” means the State's eligibility system that enables applicants, through a single application, to be considered for multiple health and human service programs simultaneously.