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REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PAYMENTS 4.35 MA Exclude these payments. TANF See MA. GC See MA. FS Count as unearned income the payment minus any portion that is a reimbursement as defined in Section 4.36: Reimbursements in this Chapter. REIMBURSEMENTS 4.36 MA A reimbursement is money received from an organization or person outside the group to cover past, current, or future expenses. Exclude a reimbursement if it is: • for actual expenses, • earmarked to cover those expenses, and • paid or documented separately from any other payment such as wages. Count as income any reimbursement which does not meet the three conditions above or is not listed below (see also Section 4.12: Donations in this Chapter). The following are examples of types of reimbursements that should be excluded: • payments to volunteers for expenses incurred in their work,; • related expense allowances (separate from wages or incentive payments) from an agency or organization to participate in the training program such as travel, per diem, uniforms, and transportation to and from the training or job site; • any payments to cover medical care from sources such as Medicare, private insurance, or government programs; • refunds of Medicare Part A or Part B premiums as a result of Department Buy-In; • Title XX payments for services other than normal living expenses such as adult chore services; • compensation awarded for a particular use such as Workers' Compensation which must be used for training expenses or disaster related loans and grants; • transportation reimbursement payments for jury duty; • stipends provided to participants of the FSET or TANF work program; and • any work-related reimbursement. TANF See MA. GC See MA. FS See MA. In addition, count as unearned income any portion of a reimbursement that: • covers normal living expenses (rent, food eaten at home, clothing, utilities, and so on), • is not intended and used for a specifically identified expense, or • exceeds the actual expense as indicated by the provider or FS group. Multiple expenses covered by a payment need not be separately identified or counted unless a normal living expense is included.