1. (a) “Beneficiary” means any individual or individuals, designated in a trust instrument as benefiting in some way from the trust.

2. (b) “Budgetary unit” means a group of individuals:

   1. (1) Who reside in the same housing unit; and
   2. (2) Whose needs are taken into account in identifying the income and resource levels against which countable income and resources are measured to determine eligibility for medical assistance.
3. (c) “Burial plot” means a conventional gravesite, crypt, mausoleum, urn, or other repository which is customarily and traditionally used for the remains of a deceased person.
4. (d) “Cap” means the gross income eligibility ceiling for the categorically needy level of eligibility for adult categories of assistance.
5. (e) “Caretaker relative” means an individual who is not the biological parent, but is legally related to, and providing care for, a child in an AG.
6. (f) “Case” means the group of programs associated with a particular casehead, including financial assistance, medical assistance, child care, or the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) or any combination of the above.
7. (g) “Casehead” means the individual under whose name the case is listed.
8. (h) “Case income” means the combined countable income of all AG members.
9. (i) “Category of assistance” means the types of medical assistance offered by the department, such as children’s medicaid, parent or other caretaker relative, pregnant women medical, OAA, ANB, MEAD, MOAD, or APTD.
10. (j) “Certified” as it relates to nursing facilities, means approval by the division of public health services as meeting federal financial participation requirements for medicare and medicaid.
11. (k) “Child” means a biological, adoptive, or step-dependent.
12. (l) “Citizen” means an individual born in the U.S. or born overseas to a parent born in the U.S., or someone who becomes a citizen through the naturalization process.

13. (m) “Community residence” means a:

    1. (1) Residential facility which:

       1. a. Provides housing on a 24-hour basis to individuals with a mental illness or developmental impairment; and
       2. b. Receives funds or applies to receive funds from the department, community mental health programs, or area agencies; or
    2. (2) Residential facility which houses individuals with a mental illness or developmental impairment who receive or might be eligible to receive the monthly allowance for shared homes and community living home residents, established pursuant to RSA 126.
14. (n) “Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC)” means, for the purpose of medical assistance eligibility, a community that offers a lifetime contract to its residents allowing a resident to age in place, guaranteeing services such as meals, housekeeping, maintenance, medical care, and nursing care, if needed, for the payment of specified fees. CCRC’s offer multiple levels of care, such as independent living, assisted living, and nursing home care, allowing a resident to age in place.
15. (o) “Countable income” means available income less excluded income and adjustments for determining the gross amount.
16. (p) “Countable resources” means real or personal property that is considered in determining eligibility.

Source. #13836, eff 12-28-23