Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 104 - Income
Chapter 9 - Sources and Treatment of Earned Income
Rule 23-104-9.6 - Payments for Services Performed in a Sheltered Workshop or Work Activities Center
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-104-9.6
Current through September 24, 2024
A. These payments are defined as follows:
1. Payment for
services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities center are what
an individual receives for participating in a program designed to help him
become self-supporting.
a) A sheltered
workshop is a nonprofit organization or institution whose purpose is:
1) To carry out a recognized program of
rehabilitation for handicapped workers; and/or
2) To provide such individuals with
remunerative employment or other occupational rehabilitating activity of an
educational or therapeutic nature.
b) A work activities center is:
1) A sheltered workshop, or
2) A physically separated department of a
sheltered workshop having an identifiable program and separate supervision and
records.
3) A work activities
center is planned and designed exclusively to provide therapeutic activities
for handicapped workers whose physical or mental impairment is so severe as to
make their productivity capacity inconsequential.
(a) Therapeutic activities are custodial
activities such as activities where the focus is on teaching basic living
skills and other purposeful activity so long as work production is not the main
purpose.
B. These payments are treated as follows:
1. Payments for such services are a type of
earned income and are counted when received or when set aside for the person's
use.
Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).
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