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Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual Policy Manual Number: 110.050 Section: Financial Eligibility Requirements Chapter: ABD Countable and Excluded Resources

September 1, 2026 Division of TennCare 49 • Payments made under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (state and local payments are only excluded for 9 months); • Revenues from the Alaska Native Fund paid under section 21(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; • Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund; and State funds paid to crime victims (excluded for 9 months). Social Security Account Resource Type Any amount retained in a Social Security Account after the month of receipt is a countable resource.

A Social Security Account is a bank account that is set up to receive payments as a direct deposit from the SSA. Identify the portion of the account balance that represents income received in the current month. This amount will be subtracted from the account balance to determine the total countable value of the resource.

Note: A Social Security Account is distinguished from a “my Social Security” account (an online account that an individual can create on the SSA website and use to access their Social Security information). SSI/SSA Retroactive Payment Resource Type SSI retroactive payments are benefits issued in any month after the calendar month for which they are paid. SSA retroactive payments are benefits issued in any month that is more than a month after the calendar month for which they are paid.

SSI/SSA retroactive payments are excluded for 9 months after the payment is received and counted after that 9 month exclusion period.

Stocks/Bonds Resource Type Stocks

Countable. Shares of stock represent ownership in a corporation or business. For incorporation purposes, stock is assigned a “par value”, but a stock’s value as an asset is based on the market value. The market value of a stock is a countable asset. Accept the