CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
UNIFORM
POLICY MANUAL
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Date:
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Section: Type:
Treatment
of Income POLICY
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Chapter: Program: AABD
Excluded
Income MAABD
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Subject:
Types
of Excluded Income in AABD and MAABD
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5015.10 A. Payment
Made To Students
1. Grants, loans, or work/study earnings paid
to any undergraduate student for educational purposes under Title IV of the
Higher Education Act, the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Carl D. Perkins Act
of 1990 are excluded when determining eligibility and calculating benefits to
the extent that they are made available for tuition, mandatory fees, or other
necessary educational expenses except payments for food, clothing, or shelter.
2. Grants, loans, or work/study earnings paid
to any undergraduate student for educational purposes from any source other
than Title IV of the Higher Education Act, the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the
Carl D. Perkins Act of 1990 are excluded when determining eligibility and
calculating benefits to the extent that they are used for tuition, mandatory
fees, or other necessary educational expenses except payments for food,
clothing, or shelter.
3. Payments made to students enrolled in
institutions of post-secondary education who are involved in a program of
full-time volunteer service under the Service Learning Program (University Year
for Action - UYA) authorized under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 are excluded.
B. Payments Made to Volunteers
Payments for
supportive services or reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses are excluded
when made to individual volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior
health aides, or senior companions, and to persons serving in the Service Corps
of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and any
other programs pursuant to Titles II and
C. Payments Made for the Care of Children
Payments received for
the care of foster children placed in the care of the assistance unit are
excluded.
D. Payments to Indian Tribe Members
Payments, including
those from any interest earned, made from Indian judgment funds or funds held
in trust for members of various Indian Tribes pursuant to Public Law 98-64 are
excluded.
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5015.10 E. Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) Benefits (MAABD Only)
1. SSI benefits are excluded from
consideration when determining eligibility for Medicaid.
2. SSI benefits are excluded in the
calculation of applied income for the contribution to cost of care for LTCF and
CBS assistance units only when full SSI benefits are paid pursuant to P.L.
99-643. (Cross Reference: 5045 - "Post Eligibility
Treatment")
F. Miscellaneous Payments
The following payments
are excluded when determining eligibility and calculating benefits:
1. payments made
under the Experimental Housing Allowance Program made under Annual
Contributions Contracts entered into prior to
2. the value of food
stamp allotments made under the Food Stamp program;
3. cash
contributions from agencies and organizations for goods or services not in the
Department's standards of needs;
4. gifts received
too irregularly or infrequently to be counted, but not more than $20.00 per
calendar month;
5. value of goods
and services given as in-kind income under the conditions described in chapter
5050;
6. settlement
payments received by applicants and recipients as members of the nationwide
class of present and former tenants covered by the settlement of the Underwood
versus Harris court case;
7. payments received
by applicants and recipients from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community
Block Grant Funds;
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5015.10 F. Miscellaneous
Payments (continued)
8. benefits received under Title
9. payments received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and comparable
relocation assistance provided by a State or local government;
10. payments made under
means-tested energy assistance programs;
11. reimbursements for
expenditures which do not represent benefit or gain to the recipients;
12. money received for
the care and support of a person who is not a member of the assistance unit;
13. payments made by
the Department of Human Resources for the expenses of day care and essential
services unless the assistance unit member is the provider of the services;
14. those portions of lump sums which are paid
to the unit for the purpose of meeting certain designated expenses such as settlement
of back medical expenses or compensation for loss of resources to the extent
that:
a. they are used
for that purpose; and
b. can be
distinguished from other funds;
15. disaster assistance paid under the Disaster
Relief Act of 1974, as amended, including the Individual and Family Grant (IFG)
program, and comparable disaster assistance provided by states, local
governments and private organization, and any interest earned on funds from
this source;
16. security deposits
paid by the Department;
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5015.10 F. Miscellaneous
Payments (continued)
17. HUD, Section 8, rent and utility subsidies;
18. security deposits
returned to an assistance unit by a landlord; (Cross Reference: 4030)
19. rent money returned
to an assistance unit by a court;
20. State funded assistance payments which are
based on need if the recipient's income is used to establish the amount of the
payment;
21. Earned Income Tax Credit payments received
as advance payments or as a single non-recurring payment;
22. Agent Orange Payments distributed by Aetna
Life and Casualty made pursuant to Public Law 101-201 and Section 10405 of
Public Law 101-239;
23. Effective
24. Japanese Restitution payments and payments
to residents of the
25. Effective
26. Effective
27. Up to $2,000 in total payments per individual
per year made pursuant to Section 15 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(Public Law 100-241);
28. retroactive Agent Orange Settlement payments
made by the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to Public Law 102-4;
29. payments made to
victims of Nazi persecution pursuant to Public Law 103-286;
30. payments from a
fund established by a State to aid victims of crime;
31.
payments made to offspring of
CONNECTICUT
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POLICY MANUAL
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Section: Type:
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Excluded Income
MAABD
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5015.10 F. Miscellaneous
Payments (continued)
32. that part of a
Veteran's benefit which represents an allowance for a surviving spouse based on
his or her being permanently housebound because of a disability, pursuant to 38
U.S.C. 1311 (d).
G. Payments Made to Certain Hemophilia Patients Who Contracted
HIV from Blood Transfusions
1.
Payments
made under the settlement to the lawsuit entitled "Factor VIII or IX
Concentrate Blood Products Litigation" MDL 986 (No. 93-C-7452, Northern
District of Illinois) are excluded pursuant to Section 4735 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (
2.
Payments
received under the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 (the Ricky Ray
Act), Public Law 105-369 are excluded.