public benefits
Health - State statutes
Alabama (see Title 22) Alaska- Title 18 Arizona- Title 36 Arkansas (see Title 20) California Colorado (searchable index, see Title 25) Connecticut- Title 19 Delaware- Title 16 District of Columbia (see Title 6) Florida (see Title XI)...
in-kind income
In-kind income is defined as any income other than money or cash. It can be in any form either in the form of benefits received by an employer or the government. Usually this term is used for the benefits received from the government for...
in-kind support and maintenance (ISM)
In-kind support and maintenance (ISM) is an unearned income which is attributable to an SSI recipient in the form of shelter or food. It may be provided by a family member within the same household or by anyone outside of the household. This...
Office of the Inspector General
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was created in 1976 to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and improve the efficacy of Medicare, Medicaid, and over 100 other Department of Health and Human Services programs. Visit the Office of the...
Old Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance (OASDI)
The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a federal insurance program that provides benefits to retired and/or disabled workers and their dependents (spouses, children) and to survivors of insured workers. The OASDI is the...
PACER
PACER stands for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, which is a government service that provides online access to federal court records. After registering for an account, users can find a case by searching the federal court where the...
PBGC
PBGC (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) refers to the federal insurance fund. The main role of the PBGC is to pay pension benefits to retirees. Specifically, the PBGC pays benefits to those whose protection from the private sector has...
permanent disability
Permanent disability is a physical or mental impairment that indefinitely diminishes a worker's ability to perform the duties or normal activities that the worker performed before the accident or serious illness. If the injury occurred in the course...
physical incapacity
Physical incapacity refers to a lack of physical ability sufficient to justify a legal consequence. The term is used across a realm of laws regarding disability, competency, criminal statutes, and marriage laws. The inclusion of the...
prior appropriation doctrine
The prior appropriation doctrine grants rights over surface water and groundwater in order of seniority, where the first person to divert water away from its natural source and apply it for some beneficial use acquires a priority right to...