Communication device used by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a severe speech impairment. A TTY consists of a keyboard, display screen, and modem. Messages travel over regular telephone lines. Individuals who do not have a TTY can communicate with a TTY user through a message relay center (MRC). An MRC has TTY operators available to send and interpret TTY messages.
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Television Insurance
The Policy covers accidental external damage and/or damage to television apparatus by Fire, short-circuiting, flood, hurricane, bursting and overflowing of water tanks, theft, riot, strike, terrorism, earthquake, Fire and shock. The Policy also covers legal liability towards third parties as also loss of or damage to the property belonging to or in the custody of the insured by breakage or collapse of the aerial fittings or mast of the apparatus.
Temperature Controlled Cargo
Any cargo requiring carriage under controlled temperature.
Tempest
A violent on rush or strong of wind, frequently accompanied by rain, snow or hail.
Temporary absence
Absence from work through illness or employer-approved temporary leave of an active member of an occupational pension scheme. During the absence retirement benefits continue to accrue and the member remains covered by the death in service benefit for a maximum of 30 months for illness-related absence and 12 months for other employer-approved reasons. Females taking maternity leave are treated as having been in continuous service.
Temporary agent
A person who, without having taken a written exam, is given an agent’s license for a temporary period. This period is usually 90 days or less. This type of license is usually issued to a person who is charged with finishing business left incomplete by a deceased or disabled agent, or an agent who has become an active duty member of the military.
Temporary annuity
An annuity under which the payments to the annuitant will cease at the end of a given period or at death whichever shall occur the first.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Established by the Social Security Act of 1965 and formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) , this is a Medicaid category of certain needy and low-income people with dependent children who are deprived of the support of at least one parent and are financially eligible on the basis of income and resources. TANF provides financial assistance to children and families and to pregnant women who meet specific income and resource requirements specified by the state.
Temporary codes
HCPCS Level II codes that begin with the letters C, G, H, K, Q, S, and T and are established to meet a pressing, urgent operation need and are frequently based on new policy. Frequently, these codes are only effective until the annual update of the coding books.
temporary disability (TD)
1. Recovery period following a work-related injury during which the employee is unable to work and the condition has not stabilized. TD can be overcome by medical treatment or rehabilitation. 2. Schedule of benefits payable for the temporary disability based on the earnings of the injured worker at the time of injury with statutory minimum and maximum rates; temporary compensation (e.g., “TD was paid.”). 3. In a workers’ compensation case, situation when the worker is unable to perform usual duties for a limited period of time but is expected to recover and return to work. A worker with a TD collects TD payments as partial wage replacement during the time period he or she is unable to work.