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N.J.A.C. 10:72-4.4 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 57 No. 12, June 16, 2025 NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 72. NEW JERSEY CARE ... SPECIAL MEDICAID PROGRAMS MANUAL > SUBCHAPTER 4. FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY § 10:72-4.4 Income eligibility; aged, blind and disabled individuals (a) Except as specified below, countable income for aged, blind, and disabled individuals shall be determined in accordance with rules applicable to income in Medicaid Only--Aged, Blind, and Disabled (see N.J.A.C. 10:71-5). 1. The disregard of cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits provided for in N.J.A.C. 10:71- 5.3(a)7x and xi do not apply. 2. The deeming of the income of an alien's sponsor as provided for at N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.7 does not apply. (b) Nonrecurring lump sum income received by the household unit of an aged, blind, or disabled individual shall be counted as income in the month received and any portion retained shall be counted as a resource in subsequent months, except as follows: 1. No portion of a cash reward provided to any individual by the Division for providing information about fraud and/or abuse in any program administered in whole or in part by the Division shall be included in the computation of income for financial eligibility purposes; (c) An aged, blind or disabled individual will have the value of in-kind support and maintenance counted as unearned income in the following circumstances. 1. An aged, blind, or disabled adult, who would in accordance with rules at N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.6(c) be determined to be "living in the household of another," shall be considered to have unearned income in the amount specified at N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.4(a)12 less $ 20.00. The amount of income so assigned is not rebuttable by the applicant or beneficiary. 2. Any aged, blind or disabled person other than those addressed in (c)1 above, to whom food or shelter is given or paid for by someone other than a spouse, parent or minor child residing in the same household, shall be presumed to receive in-kind support and maintenance. The presumed value of the support and maintenance will be the values specified at N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.4(a)12. The presumed value so assigned may be rebutted in accordance with the provisions of that subsection. (d) In accordance with the rules at N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.5, the income of the spouse of an aged, blind, or disabled individual shall be deemed to the aged, blind, or disabled individual if they are residing in the same household. Income of the parent(s) of a blind or disabled child under the age of 18 residing in the same household shall be deemed available to the child in determining income eligibility for benefits under this chapter. No income shall be deemed to an aged, blind, or disabled individual from a person who is a member of a household unit of an eligible pregnant woman or child under the provisions of this chapter or who is in the budget unit of eligible AFDC-related Medically Needy cases (including a case that is eligible pending spend-down.) 1. If the countable income (before income deeming) of the aged, blind, or disabled individual exceeds the poverty income guideline for one person he or she is ineligible for benefits and income deeming does not apply.