7 AAC 100.158 - Types of income

(a) For the purpose of determining Family Medicaid eligibility, the department will review all household income that is not exempt income under 7 AAC 100.160 and 7 AAC 100.162 to determine if that income is earned income, self-employment income, or unearned income.

(b) Earned income is gross income paid in cash or in kind as wages, salary, or commissions, and that is earned by an employee in exchange for the performance of services by the employee, before any deductions are made for the cost of earning that income, including taxes, child care, or transportation expenses. An employee's earned income includes

(1) all payments made at one time to that employee by the employer for services performed by the employee;

(2) full or partial in-kind compensation earned directly from employment;

(3) any nonemployer compensation earned directly from employment, including tips;

(4) in-kind earned income under (e) of this section; and

(5) income generated from participation under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 (Workforce Investment Act of 1998), if the participant is a parent or other caretaker relative included in the household.

(c) Self-employment income is the amount the self-employed individual receives from the production or sale of goods or services, less the nonpersonal cost of doing business, as determined under 7 AAC 100.172.

(d) Unearned income is gross income that is not earned income under (b) of this section or self-employment income under (c) of this section. Unearned income includes

(1) retirement benefits;

(2) social security payments;

(3) dividends and interest;

(4) unemployment compensation;

(5) strike benefits;

(6) child support;

(7) royalties;

(8) veteran's benefits;

(9) payments from any type of cash assistance program;

(10) winnings;

(11) a deposit into an account jointly owned by an individual included in the household and another individual who is not included in the household, or a direct cash gift to an individual included in the household by an individual who is not included in the household;

(12) a cash contribution to the household from the earnings of a dependent child who is not a mandatory member of the household under 7 AAC 100.104; and

(13) the amount of income under 7 AAC 100.176 and 7 AAC 100.178 that is available to the household from an alien's sponsor, a disqualified alien parent, a stepparent, a grandparent, or a sibling.

(e) In-kind earned income includes the following basic allowances paid by the United States Department of Defense to members and dependents of the uniformed services under 37 U.S.C. 402 - 403:

(1) the basic allowance for subsistence;

(2) the basic allowance for housing, without adjustment or augmentation based on housing arrangement.

Notes

7 AAC 100.158

Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.020

AS 47.07.040