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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 07.03.10.02" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Administration” means the Family Investment Administration of the Department of Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Administrative disqualification hearing” means a hearing held by an administrative law judge (ALJ) of the Office of Administrative Hearings to determine if an intentional program violation has occurred.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Caretaker relative” means an individual related by blood or marriage who is the parent or is acting on behalf of the parent of a dependent child.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Hearing” means a contested case hearing as defined in State Government Article, §10-202(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Intentional program violation” means an intentional:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>False or misleading statement or misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Concerning food supplement; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For the purposes of establishing or maintaining the assistance unit's eligibility for TCA or for increasing or preventing a reduction of the amount of TCA; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Act that constitutes a violation of the Food Stamp Act, the Food Supplement Program regulations, or any State statute relating to the use, presentation, transfer, acquisition, receipt, or possession of food supplement benefits or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Local department” means a department of social services in a county or Baltimore City, or the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)” means the unit within the Executive Branch established by State Government Article, §9-1602, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Program Fraud Division” means the unit of the Office of the Inspector General’s Bureau of Investigative Services that provides investigative resources for local departments in the investigation of suspected fraud in Department programs including but not limited to TCA, the Office of Home Energy Programs (OHEP), and food supplement benefit application, redetermination, and open cases.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Temporary cash assistance (TCA)” means benefits received under COMAR 07.03.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>