New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 69 - AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID
Subchapter 10 - INCOME
Section 10:69-10.41 - Determining amount of LRR support

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:69-10.41

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Two sets of standards provide the basis for evaluation of an LRR's capacity to contribute to the support of the eligible unit:

1. Schedule IV-Part A applies to any natural or adoptive parent of eligible AFDC-related Medicaid children who is not a member of the eligible unit (exception: when a stepparent is providing a parent's needs). The monthly income standard is derived from the applicable income eligibility standard plus average medical costs and the standard allowance for expenses of employment.

2. Schedule IV-Part B applies to all other legally responsible relatives, including parents of adolescent parents not living in the same home as the adolescent parent, and is based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' moderate standard of living.

(b) Family size of the LRR shall include the following persons, except those who are members of the eligible unit:

1. The LRR and any of his or her minor children who are living with the LRR;

2. The LRR's spouse who is living with him or her; and

3. Any relative of the LRR or of his or her spouse who is and has been customarily living in LRR's home and for whom the LRR or spouse is providing at least one half the support.

(c) When the LRR is married and both the LRR and his or her spouse have income, consider the LRR's income only, including in the family size only the LRR and his or her minor children (see (b) above).

1. When both persons are LRRs, consider their total income and include all persons identified in (b) above in the family size.

(d) The method for determining capacity to support is:

1. Determine the LRR's gross monthly income, including both earned and unearned income;

2. Deduct the verified amount of extraordinary expenses as identified in 10:69-10.39(d);

3. Compare this adjusted income with the applicable monthly income standard on Schedule IV, part A or part B as applicable;

4. When the LRR's adjusted income is less than the applicable standard on the schedule, no capacity to support exists;

5. When the LRR's adjusted income exceeds the applicable standard, the amount derived from Schedule V below shall be the evaluated contribution for support of the eligible unit;

6. The LRR's obligatory contribution shall not exceed the per capita share of the eligible unit's adjusted allowance for the person(s) for whom the LRR is liable.
Schedule IV
Monthly Income Standards
Part A
Parents of AFDCFamilyPart B
childrensizeAll other LRRs
$ 4051$ 1120
54021560
67532010
74042455
81052825
87563125
94573420
101583720
plus $ 70Each additional personplus $ 300
Schedule V
Table for Establishing LRR's Contribution for Support

Determine the difference between the LRR's adjusted income and the applicable monthly income Standard on Schedule IV. In the table below, find the amount of this difference. The corresponding amount appropriate for the number of persons in the eligible unit for whom the LRR is responsible is the contribution to be made by the LRR.

Persons for Whom LRR is Responsible
Excess12345
Income
$ 1-215$ 65$ 65$ 65$ 65$ 65
216-3256565656585
326-435656585110110
436-54065110110130150
541-65085130150175195
651-760110150175195240
761-865130175215240280
866-975150215260280325
976-1085175260305325370
1086-1190195280325370435
1191-1300215325370435475
1301-1410240345410475540
1411-1515260390455520584
1516-1625280435520585650
1626-1735325475565630715
1736-1840345520605695780
1841-1950390565670760845
1951+20 percent29 percent34 percent39 percent43 percent
of adjustedof adjustedof adjustedof adjustedof adjusted
incomeincomeincomeincomeincome

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. New Jersey may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.