N.J. Admin. Code § 10:72-4.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10:72-4.4 - Income eligibility; aged, blind and disabled individuals

(a) Except as specified below, countable income for aged, blind, and disabled individuals shall be determined in accordance with rules applicable to income in Medicaid Only--Aged, Blind, and Disabled (see N.J.A.C. 10:71-5).

1. The disregard of cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits provided for in 10:71-5.3(a)7 x and xi do not apply.

2. The deeming of the income of an alien's sponsor as provided for at 10:71-5.7 does not apply.

(b) Nonrecurring lump sum income received by the household unit of an aged, blind, or disabled individual shall be counted as income in the month received and any portion retained shall be counted as a resource in subsequent months, except as follows:

1. No portion of a cash reward provided to any individual by the Division for providing information about fraud and/or abuse in any program administered in whole or in part by the Division shall be included in the computation of income for financial eligibility purposes;

(c) An aged, blind or disabled individual will have the value of in-kind support and maintenance counted as unearned income in the following circumstances.

1. An aged, blind, or disabled adult, who would in accordance with rules at 10:71-5.6(c) be determined to be "living in the household of another," shall be considered to have unearned income in the amount specified at 10:71-5.4(a)12 less $ 20.00. The amount of income so assigned is not rebuttable by the applicant or beneficiary.

2. Any aged, blind or disabled person other than those addressed in (c)1 above, to whom food or shelter is given or paid for by someone other than a spouse, parent or minor child residing in the same household, shall be presumed to receive in-kind support and maintenance. The presumed value of the support and maintenance will be the values specified at 10:71-5.4(a)12. The presumed value so assigned may be rebutted in accordance with the provisions of that subsection.

(d) In accordance with the rules at 10:71-5.5, the income of the spouse of an aged, blind, or disabled individual shall be deemed to the aged, blind, or disabled individual if they are residing in the same household. Income of the parent(s) of a blind or disabled child under the age of 18 residing in the same household shall be deemed available to the child in determining income eligibility for benefits under this chapter. No income shall be deemed to an aged, blind, or disabled individual from a person who is a member of a household unit of an eligible pregnant woman or child under the provisions of this chapter or who is in the budget unit of eligible AFDC-related Medically Needy cases (including a case that is eligible pending spend-down.)

1. If the countable income (before income deeming) of the aged, blind, or disabled individual exceeds the poverty income guideline for one person he or she is ineligible for benefits and income deeming does not apply.

2. When income of a spouse is deemed to an aged, blind, or disabled individual, the total countable income after deeming is compared to the poverty income guideline for two persons.

3. In determining income eligibility of a child, the child's income after deeming is compared to the poverty income guideline for one person.

4. When the income of a spouse must be deemed to both an aged, blind, or disabled individual and a blind or disabled child, the income is first deemed to the aged, blind, or disabled spouse. If the income (after deeming) of the aged, blind, or disabled spouse does not exceed the poverty income guideline, he or she is income eligible and there is no income to be deemed to the blind or disabled child. If the poverty income guideline is exceeded, the aged, blind, or disabled adult is income ineligible and the excess income is deemed to the blind or disabled child.

5. When parental income must be deemed to more than one blind or disabled child, the deemable income shall be divided equally among such children.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:72-4.4

Emergency New Rule, R.1988 d.96, effective 2/2/1988 (expired April 2, 1988).
See: 20 N.J.R. 548(a).
This section was originally "resource eligibility" which was recodified to 4.5.
Adopted Concurrent Proposal, R.1988 d.212, effective 5/16/1988.
See: 20 N.J.R. 548(a), 20 N.J.R. 1103(a).
Amended by R.1998 d.116, effective 1/30/1998 (operative February 1, 1998; to expire July 31, 1998).
See: 30 N.J.R. 713(a).
Adopted concurrent proposal, R.1998 d.426, effective 7/24/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 713(a), 30 N.J.R. 3034(a).
Readopted provisions of R.1998 d.116 without change.
Amended by R.2002 d.124, effective 4/15/2002.
See: 33 N.J.R. 4188(a), 34 N.J.R. 1546(a).
In (b), added ", except as follows:" at the end of the introductory paragraph and added i.
Amended by R.2008 d.30, effective 1/22/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3704(a), 40 N.J.R. 723(a).
Section was "Income eligibility; aged, blind, and disabled individuals". In the introductory paragraph of (c) and in (c)2, deleted the comma following "blind"; and in (c)2, deleted the comma following "parent" and deleted ", clothing," following "food".