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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Acronyms, Forms, and Glossary

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Acronyms, Forms, and Glossary

Term Definition Chapter (s) For purposes of this section, a medical institution includes intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID). Institutionalized Spouse A spouse who is an institutionalized individual. This individual has a spouse living in the community who is not receiving long-term- care benefits. This definition is used when one spouse is applying for long term care benefits and the other spouse is not and is used in conjunction with the definition of community spouse. 5, 24 Insurance Affordability Program The IAP includes Medicaid, WVCHIP, and coverage in a QHP offered through the Marketplace using advanced payments of premium tax credit or cost-sharing reductions. 4 Interactive Voice Response Unit (IVRU) The IVRU is also referred to as EBT Helpline. The EBT vendor operates the IVRU seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Functions of the IVRU include, but are not limited to, account balance inquiries, card activation and PIN changes. 1 Invulnerability, Invulnerable AGs Invulnerability means the AG has no home heating costs or is not responsible for payment of the heating cost. Clients who live in state institutions, hospitals and certain group living facilities, such as halfway houses and domestic violence centers, and those whose home heating costs are paid by a third-party, are considered invulnerable. 20 Irrevocable Impossible to retract, revoke or annul. 5 Irrevocable Arrangements Assets which are available for burial and held in an irrevocable burial contract or irrevocable burial trust. Irrevocable contracts and trusts are those which cannot be changed, and which do not allow the client access to the assets. 5 Issuance Limited County (ILC) An issuance limited county is a county with enforced specified time limits for the ABAWD population to be eligible for SNAP benefits. 3 Jointly Owned Property An asset owned by two (2) or more individuals. 5 Land Sale contract A contract whereby a landowner enters into a legal agreement to sell property to another person by installment payments. The buyer is entitled to possession and equitable title to the property. The seller or creditor holds legal title until 5