New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 69 - AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID › Subchapter 10 - INCOME › Section 10:69-10.22 - Exempt income

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Exempt income shall not be considered in
				determining eligibility for AFDC-related Medicaid program.
(b) Income shall be exempted as follows:
1. Income tax refunds, including Homestead
				Property Tax Rebates;
2. Earned
				income credit (EIC) payments shall be excluded;
3. Payments for child care (see
				N.J.A.C.
				10:69-10.13 );
4. Child care payments for "special
				circumstance" children and transportation or the cost of transportation, which
				is not available from any other source, to transport the "special circumstance"
				child to and from the child care site when it is essential for the child's
				physical health and safety;
5.
				Supplemental aid by other agencies or organizations, whether public or private,
				provided that:
i. There is no duplication
				between such aid and the TANF grant;
ii. Such aid is for a special purpose not
				within the function of the public assistance agency (for example, vocational
				rehabilitation); or
iii. Such aid
				is to any undergraduate student for educational purposes;
6. Any income received through the Subsidized
				Adoption Program of the Division of Youth and Family Services pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				30:4C-45 through 49 ( P.L. 1973, c.
				81);
7. Funds received by
				applicants and beneficiaries through certain Federal programs shall be regarded
				as exempt income.
i. Benefits or assistance
				received through the WIC program (Special Supplemental Food program for Women,
				Infants and Children) and the special food services program for children under
				the National School Lunch Act as amended by Public Laws 92-433 and
				93-150;
ii. Benefits received under
				Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of
				1965;
iii. Payments made through
				Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE),
				and payments made under Title I of P.L. 93-113 (for example, Volunteers in
				Service to America (VISTA));
iv.
				Payments received under the Experimental Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) made
				under annual contribution's contracts entered into prior to January 1, 1975,
				under Section 23 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937;
v. Payments made through the United States
				Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8, Rental Assistance
				Program (RAP), which provides funds to certain disabled individuals and low
				income families to assist them in meeting shelter costs;
vi. HUD community development block grant
				funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
				1974;
vii. Benefits received by
				eligible households under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981
				pursuant to section 2605(f) of Public Law 97-35;
8. The value farm and garden products raised
				by the eligible unit for its own use is not considered income;
9. Activity support payments and one time
				lump sum payments associated with participation in the Early Employment
				Initiative (EEI) program, as set forth in
				N.J.A.C.
				10:90-17.3; and
10. Wages paid by the U.S. Census Bureau for
				temporary employment related to Census 2000 activities.