Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a)#
“Beneficiary” means a person eligible for, and a recipient of, medical assistance under this section.
(b)#
“Illness” means a bodily disorder, bodily injury, disease or mental disease. All illnesses existing simultaneously which are due to the same or related causes shall be considered “one illness.” Successive periods of illness less than 6 months apart, which are due to the same or related causes, shall also be considered “one illness.”