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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION O O-500 SSI Related Treatment of Income (AABD-MN) O 532 Deeming of Income from Ineligible Parent(s) to a Child Who is Blind or Has a Disability

EXAMPLE #2: A child has gross unearned income of $130.00/month. His ineligible parents have gross unearned income of $800.00/month. There is one ineligible child. Deemed income is determined as follows: a. The ineligible parents have gross monthly unearned income of $800.00. b. From the ineligible parents income, deduct the living allowance for the ineligible child ($800.00 - $356.00 = $444.00). Since remaining income is unearned only, computation will be as follows: 1) From remaining income, deduct the general exclusion ($444.00 - $20.00 = $424.00). 2) From remaining income, deduct SSI SPA for the ineligible parents ($424.00 - $1,066.00 = $0.00). 3) $0.00 is deemed to the child as unearned income. Thisamount would be added to the child’s own income for his eligibility determination. 4) From the child’s gross income deduct the $20.00 general exclusion ($130.00 - $20.00 = $110.00) to determine the child’s countable income for eligibility. EXAMPLE #3: A child has gross unearned income of $35.00 monthly. His ineligible parent has gross earned and unearned income of $685.00 monthly and $300.00 monthly, respectively. There are no ineligible children. Deemed income is determined as follows: c. The ineligible parent has gross monthly earned and unearned income of $685.00 and $300.00, respectively. 1) From unearned income deduct the general exclusion ($300.00 - $20.00 = $280.00). 2) From earned income, deduct the work expense allowance plus one-half (1/2) the remaining balance ($685.00 - $65.00 = $620.00 divided by 2 = $310.00). 3) Total remaining earned and unearned income ($310.00 + $280.00 = $590.00). 4) From the total remaining income deduct the SSI SPA for the ineligible parent ($590.00 - $710.00 = $0.00). 5) $0.00 is deemed to the child as unearned income. This amount would be added to the child’s own income as unearned income for his eligibility determination ($0.00 + $35.00 = $35.00 less the $20.00 general exclusion leaves $15.00 as countable income to the child).