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Any act of child abuse that occurs in public or private settings other than the child's home. Abuse in out-of-home care must be reported under the provisions of California's child abuse reporting laws. |
ABUSE IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE: |
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The duty of a profession to notify the public about its functions and methods and to provide assurances to its consumers that members of the profession meet certain standards of competence. |
ACCOUNTABILITY: |
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Social, medical, legal, residential, custodial, and other services provided for adults who are unable to provide such care for themselves and have no friends, family, or others who can provide the care. Persons who receive these services are typically unable to act on their own behalves and are, therefore, in danger of being harmed or harming others. Eligibility or need for services is usually determined by the courts. |
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA): |
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Skills needed in typical daily self-care (e.g., bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting) . |
BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING: |
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A decision in which the California Court of Appeals ruled that the Tarasoff mandated duty to warn/protect when a client threatens an identifiable victim does not apply to cases of threatened suicide. At the same time, this case established a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent a threatened suicide. Such reasonable steps may, but do not necessarily, involve a breach of confidentiality.
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BELLAH V. GREENSON: |
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The philosophical study of ethical controversies arising from advances in biology and medicine. The field addresses a wide range of issues including debates over the boundaries of life (e.g., abortion, euthanasia), surrogacy, the allocation of scarce health-care resources, experimentation with human subjects, behavioral control (e.g., through the use of |
BIOETHICS: |
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U.S. Supreme Court decision that racial |
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954): |
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A state-funded CalFresh program |
CALIFORNIA FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CFAP): |
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A payment method for health-care services in which a fixed payment is made at regular intervals to a medical provider by a managed care organization for an enrolled patient. Generally, the physician, hospital, or other health-care provider is paid a contract rate for each member assigned, referred to as "per-member-per-month" rate, regardless of the number or nature of services provided. The contractual rates are usually adjusted for age. gender, illness, and regional differences. |
CAPITATION: |
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CATEGORICAL ASSISTANCE: State welfare programs for particular groups of people |
CATEGORICAL ASSISTANCE: |
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Individuals who are automatically eligible for certain welfare |
CATEGORICALLY NEEDY: |
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As defined by California law, "a physical injury which is inflicted by other than accidental means on a child." In addition, child abuse also means the sexual abuse of a child, severe and general neglect, willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment of a child , unlawful corporal punishment or injury, or abuse in out-of-home care. When an LCSW knows or reasonably suspects that a child has been abused, the LCSW must make a phone report soon as possible and a written report within 36 hours to a child protective agency. |
CHILD ABUSE: |
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The authority to which a report of child abuse is made by police department, sheriffs department, a county probation department designated by the county to receive mandated reports, or county welfare department. Note that the county welfare department is also referred to as the county welfare service agency (CWS agency) child protective services (CPS). |
CHILD PROTECTIVE AGENCY: |
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Social, residential, medical, legal, and custodian |
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CPS): |
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Groups of professional peers and others who look into ethical violations, illegal activities, or other disputes between professionals or between professionals and clients and attempt to determine if any wrong-doing has been committed |
COMMITTEES ON INQUIRY: |
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All property (with some exceptions, such as property acquired through inheritance) acquired by either spouse during the course of a marriage. Calif law requires that community property is split equally between spouses when a marriage is dissolved. |
COMMUNITY PROPERTY: |
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The facts about a case that are credible, persuasive, and so well as admissible in a court of law. Competent evidence is different from information given by an expert witness, who gives opinions and information to the best of his/her knowledge |
COMPETENT EVIDENCE: |
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As defined by California's Evidence Code, a |
CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: |
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An ethical responsibility that protects clients from unauthorized disclosure of information given in confidence to a mental health professional. Although confidentiality is primarily an ethical responsibility, California law stipulates that an LCSW may lose his/her license and be charged with a misdemeanor for failure to maintain confidentiality, except as otherwise required or permitted by law, of all information that has |
CONFIDENTIALITY: |
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A court may appoint a conservator for an adult |
CONSERVATOR/CONSERVATORSIDP: |
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A category of child abuse that refers to "a |
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND INJURY |
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Any mandated reporter, |
DEPENDENT ADULT AND ELDER ABUSE REPORTING LAW: |
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A form of categorical assistance. Involves the provision of cash, products, and/or services to an individual who is unable to perform certain activities due to a mental or physical condition. For example, DI and SSI. |
DISABILITY BENEFIT: |
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The act of assuming two or more roles at the |
DUAL (AND MULTIPLE) RELATIONSHIPS: |
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The U.S. Constitution's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide that no one may be deprived of "life, liberty, or property" without "due process of law." This means that all government actions that deprive individuals of protectable interests must be reasonable and fundamentally fair or have a constitutionally acceptable justification ("substantive due process") and governments must use reasonable and fundamentally fair |
DUE PROCESS OF LAW: |
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A type of advance directive used |
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE: |
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Refers to the duty to notify the police and to attempt to warn |
DUTY TO WARN/PROTECT: |
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A federal income tax credit for low-income |
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC): |
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Passed in 1975 |
EDUCATION FOR ALL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ACT (P.L. 94-142): |
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A minor who is free from the legal authority of parents or |
EMANCIPATED MINOR |
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Services offered by employers to their |
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (EAPS): |
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A set of moral principles and convictions about what is right versus wrong and the |
ETHICS: |
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An exception to privilege |
EVIDENCE CODE 1024 (DANGEROUS PATIENT EXCEPTION): |
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Social service delivery policy in which benefits and services |
EXCEPTIONAL ELIGIBILITY: |
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Legally defined situations in which an individual does not |
EXCEPTIONS TO PRIVILEGE: |
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An individual who testifies before a lawmaking body or in a court of law |
EXPERT WITNESS: |
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Federal law that grants parents (and students over the age of 18} the right to inspect their |
FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (BUCKLEY AMENDMENT): |
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A fixed, pre-established fee charged by a professional for a particular |
FLaT-RATE FEE: |
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Social welfare benefits for qualified individuals to ensure |
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
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Social security program |
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM (SNAP, CALFRESH PROGRAM): |
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Federal legislation establishing |
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1966 (P.L. 89-487): |
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The use of a gatekeeper is one way managed care attempts |
GATEKEEPER (Managed Care): |
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Programs providing relief and |
GENERAL ASSISTANCE/GENERAL RELIEF (GA/GR): |
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Adults are considered to be "gravely disabled" when they are unable to |
GRAVE DISABILITY: |
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An individual who is legally responsible for the |
GUARDIAN (LEGAL GUARDIAN): |
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A person (usually an attorney) appointed by the court to represent |
GUARDIAN AD LITEM: |
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Permits a minor who is at least 12 years of age to |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 124260 |
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A type of insurance plan in which |
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (HMO) |
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The person who has the right to waive the privilege, which is |
HOLDER OF THE PRIVILEGE |
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In most communities, there are three kinds of housing assistance |
HOUSING ASSISTANCE |
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One of the two grounds for dissolution of marriage in the state of |
INCURABLE INSANITY: |
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Social welfare programs that provide individuals |
INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS |
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Definitions of incompetence generally require that a person be |
INCOMPETENT (Mentally) |
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An association of health-care providers, |
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION (IPA): |
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Gives tribes in the U.S. control over the adoption of Native |
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT: |
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See |
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, OR IDEA, (P.L. 101-476): |
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The giving of permission by a client to a social worker and agency to |
INFORMED CONSENT: |
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A legal term referring to a defendant's lack of ability to distinguish between right |
INSANITY: |
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One of the two grounds for dissolution of marriage in |
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES: |
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A type of advance directive in which a person documents in advance the kind |
LIVING WILL: |
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Comprehensive long-term social, personal, and health-care |
LONG-TERM CARE (LTC): |
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Through the LIHEAP, |
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP |
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Injurious or unprofessional treatment of a client by a practitioner |
MALPRACTICE: |
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( 1) Techniques intended to reduce unnecessary health-care costs and |
MANAGED CARE |
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A health plan that seeks to manage health care |
MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION (MCO): |
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Federal response to homelessness, which called for the establishment of |
MCKINNEY ACT: |
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A.k.a. the "insanity plea." Legal principles that guide the court in |
MCNAUGHTEN RULE: |
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Process used to evaluate a person's financial means or well-being based on |
MEANS TEST: |
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In California, an individual under the age of 18 who has not been emancipated. |
MINOR: |
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The values, principles, and standards of ethical conduct that |
NASW CODE OF ETHICS: |
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Social work organization that |
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (NASW): |
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A federally assisted meal program that operates in |
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM: |
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Refers to a failure to exercise reasonable care or caution, resulting in |
NEGLIGENCE: |
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A consent form required under HIPAA's Privacy |
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES (NPP): |
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A form given to patients at the beginning of treatment that |
OFFICE INFORMATION FORM: |
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The OASDI program |
OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (OASDI): |
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( 1) An advocate or spokesperson for the people who are served by an |
OMBUDSPERSON: |
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A formal evaluation by a peer group of a professional's specific actions or |
PEER REVIEW |
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The mechanism used by medical staff to evaluate the |
PEER REVIEW (Managed Care): |
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Formal group of professionals from one field who |
PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION (PRO): |
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Child welfare strategy used to provide alternatives to temporary |
PERMANENCY PLANNING |
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Passed in 1996. Designed to reform the nation's welfare system. The Act either |
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT |
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A California Court of Appeals |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES V. VAN DE KAMP: |
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A written idea ratified by a legitimate authority that represents a guide to action and |
POLICY: |
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Index of the amount of money necessary to enable a person to live at a |
POVERTY LINE: |
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Groups of providers or networks |
PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION (PPO |
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A general legal term that refers to an individual's right to have information about |
PRIVACY: |
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Designed to provide greater protection for health information by |
PRIVACY RULE (HIPAA): |
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A legal term that refers to an individual's right to not have confidential |
PRIVILEGE |
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The delivery of social services for profit, typically by |
PROPRIETARY PRACTICE: |
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PHI is also known as medical |
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI, HIPAA): |
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Confinement by legal authorities of an individual in a facility to |
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY |
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Intervention on behalf of individuals who are or may be in danger |
PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
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Government funded financial assistance to individuals who are |
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE |
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Social security program established to provide decent and safe rental |
PUBLIC HOUSING: |
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(A.k.a. Quality control.) Procedures and steps undertaken by |
QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA): ( |
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Activities and programs intended to assure the |
QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA, Managed Care): |
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Under the |
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (Americans With Disabilities Act): |
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A federal program that provides states with cash |
SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM (SBP): |
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A social security program. Section 8 rental voucher and rental |
SECTION 8 PROGRAMS |
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SRO housing assistance seeks to bring |
SECTION 8 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO): |
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Is designed to protect patients' PHI (e.g., medical records) by |
SECURITY RULE (lDPAA): |
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Social service delivery policy in which benefits and services are |
SELECTIVE ELIGbiLITY: |
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An ethical principle that recognizes the right and need of clients to |
SELF-DETERMINATION: |
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A category of child abuse, which is defined as "acts or |
SEVERE AND GENERAL NEGLECT |
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A category of child abuse that includes sexual assault and sexual |
SEXUAL ABUSE |
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A type of sexual abuse. Sexual assault includes rape and rape in |
SEXUAL ASSAULT: |
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A type of sexual abuse that includes a range of activities involving |
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION |
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Laws and regulations established by a government that determine which |
SOCIAL POLICY |
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Federal legislation passed in 1935 and designed to help meet the |
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT |
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See WIC |
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND |
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A written legal order requiring a person to appear in court to testify and/or |
SUBPOENA: |
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Subpoena requiring a witness who is called to bring to court, |
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM |
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A California Supreme Court decision that held that a |
TARASOFF V. REGENTS OF THE UC: |
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Monetary reimbursement made to the social worker, agency, or |
TIDRD-PARTY PAYMENT |
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Passed in 1975. Designed to increase the |
TITLE XX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT: |
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Used to fund some social security programs. Involve taking cash |
TRANSFER PAYMENTS |
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Social security program designed to |
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM (UI): |
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Social service delivery policy in which benefits or services are |
UNIVERSAL ELIGBILITY |
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An act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a |
UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: |
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A formal review of utilization (use of services and |
UTILIZATION REVIEW (Managed Care): |
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Principles and standards of conduct for |
VALUES (OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION): |
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Providing goods or services for a fee charged to a consumer or to a third |
VENDORSHIP: |
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There are provided under the Social Security Act. Eligibility for |
VETERANS' BENEFITS: |
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The legal principle that civil liability may extend to a defendant's |
VICARIOUS LIABILITY |
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The law that authorizes the involuntary |
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE 5150: |
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A social security |
WIC PROGRAM (WOMEN, INFANTS, AND ChIDLDREN PROGRAM): |
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A type of child abuse that |
WILLFUL CRUELTY AND UNJUSTIFIABLE PUNISHMENT |
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Social security program that provides benefits to individuals |
WORKERS' COMPENSATION |
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Court ruling declaring that mental health inpatients who had |
WYATT V. STICKNEY (1971) |