Page 3

4. "Family allowance" means a deduction in the computation of a beneficiary’s liability for the needs of dependent family members who are residing with the non-LTSS spouse or guardian. 5. “Family maintenance of needs allowance” means a deduction in the computation of beneficiary liability for the needs of dependent family members when there is no non-LTSS spouse and the dependent resided with the LTSS beneficiary immediately preceding the admission to a health care institution or LTSS community residence or is residing with the LTSS beneficiary at home. 6. "Family member" means a natural, adoptive, step-child, parent, or sibling of the LTSS beneficiary who is under age nineteen (19) and is claimed as a dependent by the LTSS beneficiary, non-LTSS spouse, or the couple for the most recent Federal tax year, or, if a tax return was not filed, could be claimed as a dependent. 7. "Financially responsible relative" means a spouse or, if the person is a minor or older youth with a disability, the person's parent. 8. "HCBS maintenance of needs allowance" means a required deduction in the income of a beneficiary liability to cover the costs of living needs of a Medicaid beneficiary requesting or receiving LTSS in a home or community-based living arrangement. 9. “LTSS beneficiary” means a person who meets all the general, clinical/functional, and financial eligibility requirements for LTSS, or a person receiving Medicaid LTSS of any type regardless of living arrangement. The LTSS beneficiary was previously referred to as the “institutionalized” individual. 10. “Maximum monthly maintenance of need allowance" means the amount established by the Federal government as the maximum amount of income the State must protect to meet the maintenance of needs requirements of beneficiary’s spouse living in the community when determining beneficiary liability. 11. "Minimum monthly maintenance of needs allowance" means the amount established by the Federal government as the minimum amount of income that the State must protect to meet the maintenance of needs requirements of beneficiary’s spouse living in the community when determining beneficiary liability. Based on one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the FPL for a family of two (2). 12. "Monthly spousal allowance" means the amount of a Medicaid LTSS beneficiary’s income that is set aside to meet the monthly maintenance of need expenses of a non-LTSS spouse.