Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-22-301

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Section R9-22-301 - General Eligibility Definitions

Definitions. In addition to definitions contained in R9-22-101 and A.R.S. § 36-2901, the words and phrases in this Article, Article 14 and Article 15 have the following meanings unless the context explicitly requires another meaning:

"Applicant," notwithstanding R9-22-101, means a person listed on an application for whom AHCCCS coverage is being sought.

"BHS" means the division of Behavioral Health Services within the Arizona Department of Health Services.

"CRS" means the program administered by the Administration or its designee that provides covered medical services and covered support services in accordance with A.R.S. 36-261.

"DCSS" means the Division of Child Support Services, which is the division within the Department that administers the Title IV-D program and includes a contract agent operating a child support enforcement program on behalf of the Department.

"FAA" means the Family Assistance Administration, the administration within the Department's Division of Benefits and Medical Eligibility with responsibility for providing cash and food stamp assistance to a member and for determining eligibility for AHCCCS medical coverage.

"Income" means combined earned and unearned income.

"Medical support" means to provide health care coverage in the form of health insurance or court-ordered payment for medical care.

"Member" means an applicant who has been determined to qualify for AHCCCS coverage by the Administration or its designee.

"Pre-enrollment process" means the process that provides an applicant the opportunity to choose an AHCCCS health plan before the determination of eligibility is completed.

"Resources" means real and personal property, including liquid assets.

"Sponsor" means an individual who signs the USCIS I-864 Affidavit of Support agreeing to support a non-citizen as a condition of the non-citizen's admission for permanent residence in the United States.

"Sponsor deemed income" means the unearned income deemed available to the applicant named on the USCIS I-864 Affidavit of Support.

"SVES" means the State Verification and Exchange System, a system through which the Department exchanges income and benefit information with the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, and State Wage and Unemployment Insurance Benefit data files.

"USCIS" means the United States Citizen and Immigration Services.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-22-301

Adopted effective August 30, 1982 (Supp. 82-4). Former Section R9-22-301 renumbered together with former Section R9-22-102 as Section R9-22-101 and amended effective October 1, 1983 (Supp. 83-5). New Section R9-22-301 adopted effective November 20, 1984 (Supp. 84-6). Amended effective October 1, 1985 (Supp. 85-5). Amended subsection (B), paragraph (8), subsection (E), paragraph (3), and subsection (J), paragraph (5) effective October 1, 1986 (Supp. 86-5). Amended subsections (C) and (E) effective January 1, 1987, filed December 31, 1986 (Supp. 86-6). Amended subsections (B) and (C) effective October 1, 1987; amended subsection (D) effective December 22, 1987 (Supp. 87-4). Amended effective May 30, 1989 (Supp. 89-2). Amended effective September 29, 1992 (Supp. 92-3). Amended effective December 13, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 294, effective January 8, 1999 (Supp. 99 1). Section reserved by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 3309, effective November 30, 2013 (Supp. 13-4). New Section made by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 192, with an immediate effective date of January 7, 2014; the adoption of this Section was slated to be codified in Supp. 141 but due to a clerical error, was not published. The new Section was published in Supp. 20-4 and no additional amendments have been made to this Section since January 7, 2014 (Supp. 20-4).