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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 58 30.2.2. Deductible Expenses Last illness and burial expenses include related hospital and medical expenses; funeral, burial plot, and interment expenses; and other related expenses. 30.2.3. Verifying Expenses Verify all last illness and burial expenses. If verification (e.g., bills, receipts, contact with provider, etc.) cannot be obtained, accept the individual's signed allegation. If an expense has been incurred but not paid, assume the individual will pay the expense unless you have reason to question the situation. No follow-up is required if the assumption is applied. Use your judgment to determine whether an expense is reasonably related to the last illness and burial. It is expected that related expenses may include such items as: new clothing to wear to the funeral; food for visiting relatives; taxi fare to and from the hospital and funeral home; etc. 30.3. Verification of Benefits Obtain written verification from the source of the benefits. If written verification is unavailable, accept the individual's signed allegation of the amount of death benefits and when received unless you have reason to doubt the allegation.

31. Disaster Assistance Disaster assistance payments are funds paid to individuals to aid them in recovering from a major disaster. Major disasters include such things as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, landslides, snowstorms, drought, etc. 31.1. Exclusion Unspent assistance received from the following sources is permanently excluded from resources: • The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act(P.L. 100-707); • Another Federal statute because of a presidentially-declared major disaster; • Comparable assistance received from a State or local government; or