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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL, SECTION E
E 451 Assets Disregarded as Income
8. The Student Earned Income Exclusion for a working student under the age of 22 who is enrolled in an educational institution attending a course of study preparatory for gainful work. This exclusion will be adjusted annually based on increases in the cost of living index. There may be years when no increases result from the calculation. Refer to Appendix S for current amount. 9. $20 monthly may be excluded from any income not based on need (Per individual or per each couple determination), but a. Is not allowed from VA pension or payments made by Bureau of Indian Affairs. b. Is always applied to unearned income first, the balance, if any, is then applied to earned income. 10. $65 plus 1/2 of the remainder of monthly earned income. 11. Income to cover work expenses for the blind (FICA, federal withholding, state income tax, transportation, lunches, expenses for a seeing eye dog, etc.). 12. Income to fulfill a self-support plan for blind or disabled recipients. (Approved plan through Rehabilitation Services). 13. Home Energy Assistance and Support and Maintenance Assistance provided by private non-profit organization, state or federal government body, a supplier of home heating oil or gas, or a municipal utility providing home energy. 14. Support and Maintenance and other assistance received as a result of a presidentially declared disaster. 15. Agent Orange Settlement Payments (also excluded from resources). Exceptions: The above SSI exclusions do not apply to LTSS categories including Nursing Facility, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers, and PACE. These exclusions also do not apply to Autism and TEFRA cases because the income limit for these categories are at the Federal maximum of three times the SSI payment limit for an individual in his own home.
E-451 Assets Disregarded as Income MS Manual 07/01/20 The following assets are disregarded as income in their entirety for all AABD categories, including Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) categories (i.e. Nursing Facility, Home and Community-Based Waivers, and PACE), also TEFRA and Autism: