Washington Administrative Code
Title 182 - Health Care Authority
WASHINGTON APPLE HEALTH
Chapter 182-512 - SSI-related medical
Section 182-512-0795 - SSI-related medical-Budgeting a sponsor's income
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 182-512-0795
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The agency counts some of the income of a person's sponsor as unearned income to the medical assistance unit (MAU) if:
(a) The sponsor signed the U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) Affidavit of Support form I-864 or I-864A;
and
(b) The person is not exempt
from the deeming process in WAC
182-512-0790.
(2) The agency determines the amount of income that must be deemed from the sponsor by taking the following steps:
(a) Add together all of the sponsor's
earned and unearned income that is not excluded under WAC
182-512-0860;
(b) Add all of the spouse's earned and
unearned income that is not excluded under WAC
182-512-0860;
(c) Subtract an allocation for the sponsor
equal to the one-person federal benefit rate (FBR);
(d) Subtract an allocation for the sponsor's
spouse as follows:
(i) If the spouse is also a
cosponsor of the noncitizen, allow an allocation equal to the one-person FBR;
or
(ii) If the spouse is not a
cosponsor but lived in the same household as the sponsor, allow an allocation
equal to one-half of the FBR.
(e) Subtract an allocation equal to one-half
FBR for each dependent of the sponsor. The dependent's income is not subtracted
from the sponsor's dependent's allocation; and
(f) The income remaining is deemed as
unearned income to the noncitizen and is added to the noncitizen's own
income.
(3) If the sponsor has sponsored other noncitizens, all of the sponsor's income is deemed to each person that they sponsored and is not divided between them.
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