- Glossary

• ADAP
  AIDS Drug Assistance Program - A prescription plan that pays for some of the medications needed by low-income people with HIV/AIDS.
• ADM
  Administrative Directive - A type of official memo issued by the New York State Department of Health, instructing local districts how to implement the law and regulations.
  
• AFDC-related
  Medicaid eligibility category for children and their caretaker relatives.
• Aid Continuing
  Aid Continuing is the right under the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution to have an administrative hearing (fair hearing) held and decided before benefits are reduced or terminated, where the benefits are an entitlement based on financial need.   This right was established by Goldberg v. Kelly, a US Supreme Court decision, and applies to Medicaid eligibility and services. 18 NYCRR Part 358, 360-2.9.  Notice of intent to reduce or terminate benefits must be given 10 days before the effective date of action.  18 NYCRR 358-2.23.  In order to obtain aid continuing, a hearing must be requested before the effective date on the notice.  18 NYCRR 358-2.5.  The recipient has a longer period -- 60 days from the date of the notice -- to request a hearing, but only receives the previous level of benefits unchanged pending the hearing if s/he requests the hearing within 10 days. 

• ADHC
  Adult Day Health Care (aka "medical model" adult day care) - Medically-supervised services for individuals with physical or mental impairment.  Potentially includes nursing, transportation, leisure activities, physical therapy, speech pathology, nutrition assessment, occupational therapy, medical social services, psychosocial assessment, rehabilitation and socialization, nursing evaluation and treatment, coordination of referrals for outpatient health, and dental services.  It is covered by both fee-for-service Medicaid and Managed Long-Term Care (all flavors).