Mississippi § 43-13-105 - Definitions.

§ 43-13-105. Definitions.

When used in this article, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context requires otherwise: “Administering agency” means the Division of Medicaid in the Office of the Governor as created by this article. “Division” or “Division of Medicaid” means the Division of Medicaid in the Office of the Governor. “Medical assistance” means payment of part or all of the costs of medical and remedial care provided under the terms of this article and in accordance with provisions of Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended. “Applicant” means a person who applies for assistance under Titles IV, XVI, XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the terms of this article. “Recipient” means a person who is eligible for assistance under Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended and under the terms of this article. “State health agency” means any agency, department, institution, board or commission of the State of Mississippi, except the University of Mississippi Medical School, which is supported in whole or in part by any public funds, including funds directly appropriated from the State Treasury, funds derived by taxes, fees levied or collected by statutory authority, or any other funds used by “state health agencies” derived from federal sources, when any funds available to such agency are expended either directly or indirectly in connection with, or in support of, any public health, hospital, hospitalization or other public programs for the preventive treatment or actual medical treatment of persons with a physical disability, mental illness or an intellectual disability. “Mississippi Medicaid Commission” or “Medicaid Commission,” wherever they appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, means the Division of Medicaid in the Office of the Governor.