As used in this chapter:
1. "Administrator" means the administrator of the division of the department of human services to which the director of human services assigns responsibility for the family investment program.
2. "Assistance" means a money payment made under this chapter on behalf of a dependent child.
3. "Department" means the department of human services.
4. "Dependent child" means a needy child under the age of eighteen years, or a needy person eighteen years of age who meets the additional eligibility criteria established by federal law or regulation, who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity, or partial or total unemployment of the parent. However, a child is not a dependent child solely by reason of a parent's absence from the home due to the parent's performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States.
5. "Division" means the division of the department of human services to which the director of human services assigns responsibility for the family investment program.
6. "Protective payee" means a protective payee selected in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 234.60.
7. "Recipient" is a person to whom the assistance grant is made or a person whose needs are included in granting assistance.
8. "Specified relative" means a relative specified in 42 U.S.C. § 606 and in federal regulations adopted pursuant to that section.
9. "Vendor payment" means assistance paid to a third party and not to a specified relative with whom a dependent child is residing.
[C39, § 3661.002, 3661.016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 239.1; 81 Acts, ch 7, § 12]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 153, § 8; 84 Acts, ch 1276, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 97, §29
Referred to in § 252B.1
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