The agency counts unearned income for Washington apple
health (WAH) SSI-related medical programs as follows:
(1) The total amount of income benefits to
which a person is entitled is treated as available unearned income even when
the benefits are:
(a) Reduced through the
withholding of a portion of the benefit amount to repay a legal
obligation;
(b) Garnished to repay
a debt, other legal obligation, or make any other payment such as payment of
medicare premiums.
(2)
Payments received on a loan:
(a) Interest
paid on the loan amount is considered unearned income; and
(b) Payments on the loan principal are not
considered income. However, any amounts retained on the first of the following
month are considered a resource.
(3) Money borrowed by a person, which must be
repaid, is not considered income. It is considered a loan. If the money
received does not need to be repaid, it is considered a gift.
(4) Rental income received for the use of
real or personal property, such as land, housing or machinery is considered
unearned income. The countable portion of rental income received is the amount
left after deducting necessary expenses of managing and maintaining the
property paid in that month or carried over from a previous month. Necessary
expenses are those such as:
(a) Advertising
for tenants;
(b) Property
taxes;
(c) Property
insurance;
(d) Repairs and
maintenance on the property; and
(e) Interest and escrow portions of a
mortgage.
NOTE: When a person is in the business of renting properties
and actively works the business (over twenty hours per week), the income is
counted as earned income.
Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
182-512-0750
Amended by
WSR
14-07-059, filed 3/14/14, effective
4/14/2014
11-24-018, recodified as WAC 182-512-0750, filed 11/29/11,
effective 12/1/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.08.090. 04-09-004, §
388-475-0750, filed 4/7/04, effective
6/1/04.
