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3455.05.05.25 DARLING V. BOWEN SPECIAL INCOME DISREGARD (MED 1) A special income disregard must be allowed for certain widows(ers) who are receiving RSDI benefits. This disregard is the result of an order issued by the U.S. District Court in the case of Darling v. Bowen. A list of the individuals who were entitled to consideration under Darling v. Bowen was sent to the DFR on February 23, 1990. The disregard would have previously been applied to the affected individuals and is to be continued indefinitely. The disregard consists of the difference between the amount of the individual's RSDI benefit and the current SSI maximum benefit. It is entered on Income Deduction-Detail page as an unearned income deduction. If the individual has entered an institution, the special income disregard does not apply. 3455.05.10 ALLOCATION TO DEPENDENT CHILD (MED 1) The policies in this section apply to the MA A, MA B, and MA D categories of assistance. An allocation is made to a dependent child living with the applicant/recipient if the child's income is less than the applicable income standard in Section 3010.20.05. A dependent child who has nonexempt income equal to or greater than the income standard is not considered in the budget computation. A dependent child is the applicant/recipient's biological or adoptive child who:11 • is under age 18, or a student between age 18 and 21 who is regularly attending a school, college, university, or course in vocational or technical training designed to prepare him for gainful employment; and • is not receiving TANF or Adoption Assistance The above definition is also applicable when allocating from the spouse of the applicant/recipient to the spouse's biological or adoptive child. On Non-MAGI Initial Budget page, "eligible child" refers to one applying for or receiving MA under the blind or disabled category and "ineligible child" refers to one applying for or receiving MA under a category other than blind or disabled or who is not applying for or receiving MA.) The amount to be allocated is the applicable income standard for the child minus the child's nonexempt income.12 If a student under age 22 has earned income, please, refer to IHCPPM 2810.26.00. 3455.05.15 ALLOCATION TO ESSENTIAL PERSON (MED 1)