Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 104 - Income
Chapter 7 - Sources and Treatment of Unearned Income
Rule 23-104-7.52 - Home Energy Assistance and Support and Maintenance Assistance (HEA/SMA)
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-104-7.52
Current through September 24, 2024
A. This type of assistance is defined as follows:
1. Low income energy assistance
discussed in Rule 7.51 is governmental assistance. HEA/SMA is assistance which
is the result of charitable efforts by the community to help
recipients.
2. Home energy
assistance is any assistance related to meeting the costs of heating or cooling
a home.
3. Support and maintenance
assistance is in-kind support and maintenance or cash provided for the purpose
of meeting food, clothing and shelter needs. It includes energy
assistance.
B. This type of assistance is treated as follows:
1. Home
energy or support and maintenance assistance is not counted as income if it is
certified in writing by the appropriate state agency to be both based on need
and:
a) Provided in-kind by a private
nonprofit agency (501(c) organization); or
b) Provided in cash or in-kind by a supplier
of home heating oil or gas, a rate-of-return entity (e.g., a utility company)
providing home energy, or a municipal utility providing home energy.
Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).
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