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POSSE (Parental Obligation System for Support Enforcement) - the child support enforcement computer system.

Parent - an individual who has established a parent-child relationship under W.S. 14-2-501.

Parental support - see Support.

PASS account - an account set up by an SSI recipient for the specific purpose of fulfillment of a Plan for Achieving Self-Support under Title XVI of the Social Security Act.

Paternity - a legal relationship existing between a child and his natural, legal or adoptive father per W.S. 14-2-501 b .

Patient contribution - the monthly amount the Aged, Blind and Disabled individual must pay to the cost of care/services.

Payee - the person in whose name the benefit is issued.

Payment - the act of giving a check or warrant to the grantee or the legal representative.

Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) - A federally mandated process to measure improper payments in Medicaid and State Children’s' Health Insurance programs. In addition to reviews of claims data, PERM contains an eligibility portion to measure payment errors as a result of improper eligibility determination and eligibility processing.

Periodic review - a review conducted, as designated in policy, to determine continued eligibility. Documentation should be entered in the case file to acknowledge the review occurred.

Perjury - a willful false statement of a material fact, swearing to what is untrue or omitting to answer all questions under oath.

Personal injury insurance - protection purchased from a company for the payment of cash upon occurrence of an injury or accident and is not for repair, replacement or medical expenses.

Personal needs - a monthly amount of income a Medicaid individual in a nursing home retains to pay for required personal items.

Personal property - all things owned or possessed excluding land and building affixed thereto.

PICKLE Amendment - a federal law requiring Medicaid coverage for an individual who lost SSI for any reason and would remain eligible for SSI if the RSDI cost of living adjustment (COLA) was deducted from her/his income.

Power of Attorney (POA) - a written document a person signs appointing another person to legally act on behalf of or perform duties as if s/he was the person taking the action.

Presumptive eligibility - approval from a qualified provider or qualified hospital for temporary medical services for certain Medicaid programs until an application can be approved or denied by the WDH Customer Service Center.

Primary beneficiary - a person who has worked the specified number of quarters in covered employment and is eligible for retirement or disability benefits from SSA in his/her own right.

Primary evidence - a document or record of an official government agency or public institution accepted in a judicial proceeding as establishing the truth.

Promissory Note - a promissory note is a written, unconditional agreement whereby one party promises to pay a specified sum of money at a specified time (or on demand) to another party. It may be given in return for goods, money loaned, or services rendered.

Property - both real and personal resources owned by the family unit.

Property Agreement - a pledge of security of particular property for the payment of a debt or the performance of some other obligation within a specified period. Property agreements on real estates generally are referred to as mortgages but also may be called real estate or land contract, contracts for deed, deeds or trust.

Prorate - divide or distribute proportionally:

A. Based on days of eligibility for initial months of eligibility.

B. To determine months of ineligibility because of receipt of a lump sum.

C. To average income over intended period of use for self-employment or contractual income.

Prospective budgeting - using the best estimate of the income and circumstances that will exist in the benefit month to determine eligibility and to compute the benefit.

Prospective eligibility - the method of testing income, expenses and circumstances for a future benefit month against specified conditions or factors when eligibility requirements are met.

Public assistance - any program where income and/or resources are tested to determine eligibility, i.e., POWER, SSI, Food Stamps, Child Care and medical assistance, etc.

Public institution - a governmental establishment, or an establishment over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control, that furnishes (in single or multiple facilities) food, shelter and some treatment or services to persons unrelated to the proprietor. The following are public institutions in Wyoming: State Hospital, Wyoming Life Resource Center , State Penitentiary, Women's Center, Honor Farm, Girls' School, Boys' School, and city/county jail facilities.

Pursuit - the act of seeking, obtaining or accomplishing the payment of child support through commonly accepted child support enforcement procedures.