SSI-related medical — Definition of income

(a) Cash or in-kind assistance from federal, state, or local government programs whose purpose is to provide medical care or services;

(b) Some in-kind payments that are not shelter coming from nongovernmental programs whose purposes are to provide medical care or medical services;

(c) Payments for repair or replacement of an exempt resource;

(d) Refunds or rebates for money already paid;

(e) Receipts from sale of a resource;

(f) Replacement of income already received (see 20 C.F.R. 416.1103 for a more complete list of receipts that are not income); and

(g) Receipts from extraction of exempt resources for a member of a federally recognized tribe.

(3) Earned income includes the following types of payments:

(a) Gross wages and salaries, including garnished amounts;

(b) Commissions and bonuses;

(c) Severance pay;

(d) Other special payments received because of employment;

(e) Net earnings from self-employment (WAC 182-512-0840 describes earnings exclusions);

(f) Self-employment income of tribal members unless the income is specifically exempted by treaty;

(g) Payments for services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities center;

(h) Royalties earned by a client in connection with any publication of their work and any honoraria received for services rendered; and

(i) In-kind payments made in lieu of cash wages, including the value of shelter.

(4) Unearned income is all income that is not earned income. Some types of unearned income are:

(a) Annuities, pensions, and other periodic payments;

(b) Alimony and support payments;

(c) Voluntary or court-ordered child support payments, including arrears, received from a noncustodial parent for the benefit of a child are the income of the child;

(d) Dividends and interest;

(e) Royalties (except for royalties earned by a client in connection with any publication of their work and any honoraria received for services rendered which would be earned income);

(f) Capital gains;

(g) Rents;

(h) Benefits received as the result of another's death to the extent that the total amount exceeds the expenses of the deceased person's last illness and burial paid by the recipient;

(i) Gifts;

(j) Inheritances;

(k) Prizes and awards; and

(l) Amounts received by tribal members from gaming revenues with the exceptions cited in WAC 182-512-0770 (3).

(5) Some items which may be withheld from income, but which the agency considers as received income are:

(a) Federal, state, or local income taxes;

(b) Health or life insurance premiums;

(c) SMI premiums;

(d) Union dues;

(e) Penalty deductions for failure to report changes;

(f) Loan payments;

(g) Garnishments;

(h) Child support payments, court ordered or voluntary (WAC 182-512-0900 has an exception for deemors);

(i) Service fees charged on interest-bearing checking accounts;

(j) Inheritance taxes; and

(k) Guardianship fees if presence of a guardian is not a requirement for receiving the income.

(6) Countable income, for the purposes of this chapter, means all income that is available to the client:

(a) If it cannot be excluded; and

(b) After deducting all allowable disregards and deductions.