NMP-MA applicants or recipients shall meet the resource
requirements of the category of NMP-MA for which they are eligible. The
following explains the different NMP-MA categories:
(1) The PA category designates an NMP person
who is 65 years of age or older. This category is an SSI-related
category.
(2) The PJ category
designates an NMP person who meets the eligibility conditions as a disabled
person. This category is an SSI-related category.
(3) The PM category designates an NMP person
who meets the eligibility conditions as a blind person. This category is an
SSI-related category.
(4) The PC
category is a TANF-related category and designates an NMP individual who is one
of the following:
(i) A person under 21 years
of age, regardless of school attendance, emancipation or marital
status.
(ii) An individual 21 years
of age or older and under 65 years of age who meets the requirements of a
specified relative under §
151.42 (relating to definitions)
and is responsible for the care and control of a dependent child. For purposes
of determining if the individual 21 years of age or older and under 65 years of
age is a specified relative, a dependent child, including the child who is
receiving SSI, is a child under 18 years of age or under 19 years of age if the
child is a full-time student in secondary school or the equivalent level of a
vocational or technical school and who meets the deprivation of support
conditions under §
153.43(a)-(c)
(relating to TANF deprivation of support or care requirements).
(iii) A pregnant woman 21 years of age or
older who is a member of a two parent household which does not meet the
unemployed principal wage earner definition in §
153.44(d)
(relating to procedures).
(5) The PU category is an TANF-related
category and designates an NMP person who is one of the following:
(i) The parents in a two parent household
that includes a dependent child as defined in paragraph (4) and an unemployed
principal wage earner as defined in §
153.44(d).
(ii) A pregnant woman with no other children
and the father of her unborn child, who constitute a two parent household with
an unemployed principal wage earner, as defined in §
153.44(d).
(6) The PD category is a GA-related
category and designates an NMP person who is 21 years of age or older and under
65 years of age, who meets the eligibility requirements for GA and who chooses
to receive only MA.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 178.11 amended July 28, 2000, the provisions under Act 49
effective 9/1/1994, the
provisions under Act 20 effective 7/1/1995, 30 Pa.B. 3779; amended September 13,
2002, effective retroactively to March 3, 1997, 32 Pa.B.
4435.
The provisions of this § 178.11 amended under
sections 201(2) and 403(b) of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201(2) and
403(b)); Titles I and III of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Pub. L. No.
104-193) (PRWORA), creating the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and amending
42 U.S.C.A. §§
601-619,
651-669(b) and
1396u-1; 1902(a)(10)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42
U.S.C.A. §
1396a(a)(10)(A);
and the Federal TANF regulations in
45 CFR
260.10-265.10.
