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INCOME PERSONS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES
CHRONIC CARE BUDGETING METHODOLOGY FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED SPOUSES
1611(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act.
INSURANCE PAYMENTS - Moneys from insurance payments for the purpose of repairing an exempt resource, which was lost, damaged or stolen, are exempt in the month received and for six (6) months following the month of receipt. Any interest received from such payments is also exempt. If the A/R uses the insurance money to purchase a countable resource prior to the expiration of the six months, the value of the countable resource is considered immediately.
MONEY FROM RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY LEGAL ACTION - Money received as the result of a legal action against a residential health care facility because of improper and/or inadequate treatment.
PERSECUTION PAYMENTS - Benefits received by eligible Japanese-Americans, Aleuts, or Pribilof Islanders under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the Wartime Relocation of Civilians Law, and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act.
Payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution, including: German Reparation Payments; Austrian Reparation Payments made pursuant to sections 500- 506 of the Austrian General Social Insurance Act; and Netherlands Reparation Payments based on Nazi, but not Japanese, persecution.
PLAN TO ACHIEVE SELF SUPPORT - Income necessary to achieve a plan of self support (See INCOME PLAN TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUPPORT (PASS) for details);
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST FUND PAYMENTS - Payments for injuries or deaths resulting from exposure to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining;
VETERANS - Payments to veterans for Aid and Attendance (A&A) or payments for Unusual Medical Expenses (UME).
VIETNAM VETERANS - Agent Orange Settlement Fund - Payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established pursuant to the Agent Orange product liability litigation, and payments from court proceedings brought for
(MRG)