Section 160.5  Definitions

"Assignment of Medical Support" refers to the transfer of support rights to the Department by the acceptance of Medicaid benefits under 42 USC 1396k and Section 10-1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/10-1].

"Assignment of support" refers to the transfer of support rights to the Department by the acceptance of TANF benefits, pursuant to 42 USC 608(a)(3) and Section 10-1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/10-1] or the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), in the case of IV-E foster care, pursuant to 42 USC 671(a)(17) and Section 9.1 of the Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505/9.1].

"Assistance Standard" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 111.

"Cancellation" refers to the discontinuance of TANF financial and medical benefits for an assistance unit because of the failure to satisfy the conditions of eligibility under the Title IV-A State Plan.

"Child" refers to any child under the age of 18 years and any child under the age of 19 years who is still attending high school (see Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act [750 ILCS 5/505]).

"Child support enforcement services" refers to those services provided to establish, enforce and collect support, in accordance with an approved State Plan under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 USC 654).

"Date of Collection" for distribution purposes in all cases refers to the date on which a collection is received by the Department as a result of withholding of an amount by the Department of Employment Security from a responsible relative's unemployment insurance benefits (UIB) to meet a support obligation;  a collection as a result of intercept of a federal income tax refund is received by the Department: or  in all other instances, a support payment is received by the State Disbursement Unit (SDU) except that, if current support is withheld by an employer in the month when due and received by the SDU in the month following the month when due, the date of withholding may be deemed to be the date of collection.

"IV-D account receivable" or "support account" refers to a part of the accounting system in KIDS used to record charges, payments, and account adjustments for a particular account.  More than one account may exist for a given caretaker relative and for a given responsible relative.  For example, a mother with two children by one father from one marriage, and three children by a second father from another marriage, will have two support accounts if there are two separate support obligations.  If children are born in a non-marital relationship, there will be one account per child.

"IV-D program" or "IV-D" refers to the child support program set forth in 42 USC 651 et seq. and this Part.

"IV-E foster care" or "IV-E" refers to the foster care program set forth in 42 USC 670 et seq.

"Initial receipt in the State" for disbursement purposes in all cases refers to the date on which the Department of Employment Security withholds an amount from a responsible relative's unemployment insurance benefits (UIB) to meet a support obligation, when there is a withholding of UIB, a collection as a result of intercept of a federal income tax refund is received by the Department, or in all other instances, a support payment is received by the State Disbursement Unit.

"Key Information Delivery System" or "KIDS" refers to the data processing system used to process all IV-D cases in Illinois.

"MANG" refers to Medical Assistance No Grant under the Medicaid Program, Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 USC 1396k), that is medical assistance to families and individuals wherein no cash payment is made.

"Responsible relative" refers to a person who is responsible, or alleged to be responsible, under law for support of a dependent.

"Support case" refers to a case established in the KIDS for the purpose of providing establishment, enforcement and collection services to dependent children and their custodial parent, in accordance with the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 USC 654).

"Support obligation" refers to the duty a non-custodial relative owes to his or her dependents, as set forth in a legally-valid court or administrative order.

"TANF" refers to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (42 USC 601 et seq.) that is financial and medical assistance available to families with one or more children or on behalf of children in foster care under the guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services.

"TANF MANG" refers to Medical Assistance No Grant cases in which medical assistance only is available to families with one or more children.

"TANF MANG recipient" refers to a member of a family with one or more children receiving medical assistance only in the current month.

"TANF recipient" refers to a person who is receiving financial and medical assistance under the TANF program in the current month.

"Two business days", for purposes of disbursement of support payments under Subpart F of this Part, shall have the meaning and be qualified in the same manner as in Section 454B of the Social Security Act (42 USC 654b).

"Unreimbursed former AFDC or TANF" refers to the total amount of financial assistance provided to a family unit, in accordance with Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (42 USC 601 et seq.) for which the State and Federal governments have not been reimbursed.  The State and Federal governments are limited in the amount of support payments they may retain for "unreimbursed former AFDC or TANF", in accordance with the provisions set forth in Sections 160.100, 160.110 and 160.130 of this Part.  The "amount of unreimbursed assistance accrued prior to the former AFDC or TANF cancellation", reported in the Department's "Statements of Child Support Account Activity for Former Recipients" (see Section 160.140), is that limited amount which the Department is entitled to retain.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 16805, effective October 6, 2008)