Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 15 - State Supplemental Payment and the Supplemental Security Income-Disabled Children's Program › Subchapter 1 - State Supplemental Payment › Section 340:15-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Countable income"
means the total unearned
				  income plus the net earned income. The net earned income is gross earned income
				  minus the $20 general income exclusion, $65 work exclusion, and one-half of the
				  remainder. For individuals who are blind, refer to Oklahoma Administrative Code
				  (OAC)
				  317:35-5-42(g)(3)(5),
				  (9), and (10), for additional
				  exemptions.
"Disabled individual"
means a person who meets
				  the same definition, per Section 1382c(a)(3) of Title 42 of the United States
				  Code that the Social Security Administration uses in determining eligibility
				  for Supplemental Security Income disability benefits.
"Earned income"
means income the person receives
				  from wages, salaries, commissions, or profits from activities he or she is
				  engaged in, as a self-employed individual or as an employee.
"Eligible couple"
means two persons married to
				  each other who are both 65 years of age and older, blind, or disabled and meet
				  the income and resource standard for a money payment, per Oklahoma Human
				  Services (OKDHS) Appendix C-1, Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards,
				  Schedules VIII.A and D.
"Eligible individual"
means a person who is 65
				  years of age and older, blind, or disabled and meets the income and resource
				  standard for SSP, per OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedules VIII.A and D.
"Eligible individual with essential spouse"
means an eligible individual living with a spouse who is not 65 years of age
				  and older, blind, or disabled but has been continuously included in the case
				  prior to 1974. The couple must meet the income and resource standards, per
				  OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedule VIII.A and D.
"Eligible individual with ineligible spouse"
means an eligible individual living with a spouse who is not 65 years of age
				  and older, blind, or disabled and does not meet the definition of an essential
				  spouse. The couple must meet the income and resource standard, per OKDHS
				  Appendix C-1, Schedule VIII.A and D.
"Eligible individual with ineligible spouse and
				  dependent child(ren)"
means a married couple who meets the definition of
				  an eligible individual with an ineligible spouse that have a child(ren) younger
				  than 18 years of age with the proper degree of relationship residing in the
				  home full-time. The couple must meet the income and resources standard, per
				  OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedule VIII.A and D.
"Ineligible child"
means a child younger than 18
				  years of age who is not blind or disabled.
"Minor eligible child who is blind or disabled"
means a child younger than 18 years of age, who is blind or disabled and meets
				  the income and resource standards for SSP, per OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedules
				  VIII.A and D.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
				  1331, eff 3-21-93 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2847, eff 6-25-93; Amended
				  at 13 Ok Reg 297, eff 5-18-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2617, eff
				  6-28-96; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2370, eff
				  7-1-04