1 Tex. Admin. Code § 361.111 - Income
(a) To be eligible for MBIC, a child's family
must have monthly countable income less than or equal to 150% of the Federal
Poverty Level (FPL).
(b) Countable
income means:
(1) earned income for purposes
of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program minus all applicable
exclusions and exemptions, as explained in
20 C.F.R.
416.1110 - 416.1112; and
(2) unearned income for purposes of the SSI
program minus all applicable exclusions and exemptions, as explained in
20 C.F.R.
416.1120 - 416.1124, except HHSC does not
count as income:
(A) in-kind support and
maintenance;
(B) payments made from
or interest earned on a tuition savings program under §
358.388 of this title (relating to
Tuition Savings Programs);
(C)
payments made from or interest earned on an Achieving a Better Life Experience
(ABLE) account under §
358.389 of this title (relating to
Achieving a Better Life Experience Program); and
(D) income earned on a school-based savings
program under §
358.390 of this title (relating to
School-Based Savings Program).
(c) To determine the family's monthly
countable income, HHSC counts the income of the child applying for or receiving
MBIC, the income of the child's parents living in the same household as the
child, and the income of the child's ineligible siblings living in the same
household as the child.
(1) For a
stepparent's income to count, the stepparent must be the current husband or
wife of a natural or adoptive parent living in the same household as the child
and the natural or adoptive parent.
(2) A sibling's income counts through the
month of the sibling's:
(A) 18th birthday;
or
(B) 22nd birthday, if the
sibling is, as determined by HHSC, regularly attending school, college, or job
training.
(3) HHSC
calculates the family's monthly countable income as follows:
(A) Total the following:
(i) Monthly countable income of the child
applying for or receiving MBIC.
(ii) Combined monthly countable income of the
child's parents.
(iii) Countable
monthly income of each of the child's ineligible siblings that is in excess of
150% of the FPL for a household of one, multiplied by 2, plus $85.
(B) Subtract $85 from the total
arrived at in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(C) Divide the total arrived at in
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph by 2.
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