The agency excludes, or does not consider, the following when
determining a person's eligibility for Washington apple health SSI-related
medical programs:
(1) The first $20
per month of unearned income. If there is less than $20 of unearned income in a
month, the remainder is excluded from earned income in that month.
(a) The $20 limit is the same, whether
applying it for a couple or for a single person.
(b) The disregard does not apply to income
paid totally or partially by the federal government or a nongovernmental agency
on the basis of an eligible person's needs.
(c) The $20 disregard is applied after all
exclusions have been taken from income.
(2) Income that is not reasonably anticipated
or is received infrequently or irregularly, whether for a single person or each
person in a couple when it is:
(a) Earned and
does not exceed a total of $30 per calendar quarter; or
(b) Unearned and does not exceed a total of
$60 per calendar quarter;
(c) An
increase in a person's burial funds that were established on or after November
1, 1982, if the increase is the result of:
(i) Interest earned on excluded burial funds;
or
(ii) Appreciation in the value of
an excluded burial arrangement that was left to accumulate and become part of
separately identified burial funds.
(3) Essential expenses necessary for a person
to receive compensation (e.g., necessary legal fees in order to get a
settlement).
(4) Receipts, which
are not considered income, when they are for:
(a) Replacement or repair of an exempt
resource;
(b) Prepayment or
repayment of medical care paid by a health insurance policy or medical service
program; or
(c) Payments made under
a credit life or credit disability policy.
(5) The fee a guardian or representative
payee charges as reimbursement for providing services, when such services are a
requirement for the person to receive payment of the income.
(6) Funds representing shared household
costs.
(7) Crime victim's
compensation.
(8) The value of a
common transportation ticket, given as a gift, that is used for transportation
and not converted to cash.
(9)
Gifts that are not for clothing or shelter.
(10) In-kind payments. The agency does not
consider in-kind income received from someone other than a person legally
responsible for the person unless it is earned. Therefore, the following
in-kind payments are not counted when determining eligibility for apple health
SSI-related medical programs:
(a) In-kind
payments for services paid by a person's employer if:
(i) The service is not provided in the course
of an employer's trade or business; or
(ii) The service is in the form of food that
is on the employer's business premises and for the employer's convenience;
or
(iii) The service is in the form
of shelter that is on the employer's business premises, for the employer's
convenience, and required to be accepted by the employee as a condition of
employment.
(b) In-kind
payments made to people in the following categories:
(i) Agricultural employees;
(ii) Domestic employees;
(iii) Members of the uniformed services;
and
(iv) Persons who work from home
to produce specific products for the employer from materials supplied by the
employer.
(11)
Unearned income withheld, before receipt by the person, for mandatory income
tax purposes.
Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
182-512-0800
Amended by
WSR
14-07-059, filed 3/14/14, effective
4/14/2014
Amended by
WSR
21-08-085, Filed 4/7/2021, effective
5/8/2021
Amended by
WSR
24-18-062, Filed 8/28/2024, effective
9/30/2024
11-24-018, recodified as WAC 182-512-0800, filed 11/29/11,
effective 12/1/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.057,
74.08.090, and
74.09.500, and Social Security Act
as amended by P.L.
108-203. 06-04-046, § 388-475-0800, filed 1/26/06,
effective 2/26/06. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.08.090. 04-09-005, §
388-475-0800, filed 4/7/04, effective
6/1/04.
