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299 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility • Workers’ compensation. In ONE, disability payments covered in this section are coded on the Specific Income screen: • Specific Income Category – Disability or Worker’s Comp • Specific Income Type – Other Disability Payments For each disability payment covered under this policy: • If received monthly or more frequently:
For ERDC, REF, REFM, SNAP and TANF., income from employer-sponsored disability insurance is counted as earned income if paid to a participant who is still employed while recuperating from a temporary illness or injury.
For OSIPM and MSP, income from employer-paid disability insurance is counted as earned income if received within six full calendar months after stopping work.
For HSD medical programs: » If the disability benefit is from an employer-sponsored insurance plan and the individual paid premiums for this disability insurance on a pre-tax basis, or their employer paid the premium for them, the taxable portion of the disability payment is counted for both monthly and annual income. » If the disability benefit is not from an employer-sponsored insurance plan, the payments are excluded for monthly and annual income.
Except as provided above, the payment is counted as unearned income. • All payments other than those noted in the first bullet of this section are counted as periodic or lump-sum income. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-145-0090 — Disability Benefit 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions Disaster relief A major disaster is any natural catastrophe such as a hurricane or drought or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood or explosion the President determines causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude. An emergency is any occasion or instance for which the President determines federal assistance is needed to supplant state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. Disaster Unemployment Assistance is emergency assistance authorized under P.L. 100 107 and received by individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Individuals receiving Disaster Unemployment Assistance are not eligible for other unemployment compensation and cannot receive both at the same time. Payments are limited to 26 weeks.