Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart D - Determination of Need and Amount of Assistance › Chapter 181 - INCOME PROVISIONS FOR CATEGORICALLY NEEDY NMP-MA AND MNO-MA › Subchapter B - AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED CATEGORIES › DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED CATEGORIES › Section 181.132 - Deductions from earned income

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following amounts are deducted from earned income
						  in the order listed in determining income eligibility:
(1)
Portion of $20 monthly deduction
						not deducted from unearned income.
The portion of the $20 monthly
						deduction in §
												181.131(b)
						(relating to deductions from unearned income) which has not been deducted from
						unearned income is deducted from earned income in the same month for each
						applicant/recipient group.
(2)
Sixty five dollars of earned income in a month.
An employed
						aged, blind or disabled applicant/recipient is entitled to an earned income
						deduction of $65 of his gross earned income per month.
(3)
Earned income of a disabled
						applicant/recipient used to pay impairment-related work expenses.
Earned income used by an applicant/recipient who is disabled and under 65 years
						of age to pay impairment-related work expenses is excluded. This exclusion is
						given to an applicant/recipient who is disabled and 65 years of age or older if
						he had received MA benefits as a disabled recipient in at least one of the 12
						consecutive months prior to the month that he reached 65 years of age. This
						exclusion is also given to an applicant/recipient who is disabled and 65 years
						of age or older if it can be determined that the person should have been
						determined eligible for MA benefits as a disabled MA recipient in at least one
						of the 24 consecutive months prior to the month that he reached 65 years of age
						and was denied. This exclusion is not given to blind applicants/recipients.
						Impairment-related work expenses include, but are not limited to:
(i) Payments for attendant care services if
						assistance is needed by the applicant/recipient in traveling to and from work,
						while at work, and at home because of his impairment.
(ii) Payments for a medical device if the
						applicant's/recipient's impairment requires him to use the device to work.
(iii) Payments for a prosthetic
						device if the applicant's/recipient's impairment requires him to use the
						prosthetic device to work.
(iv)
						Payments for impairment related nonmedical appliances and equipment and
						residential modifications needed by the applicant/recipient for his
						employment.
(v) Payments for drugs
						and medical services if necessary to the applicant/recipient to control his
						impairment.
(vi) Payments for
						installing, maintaining and repairing the items listed in subparagraphs (i)-(v)
						that are necessary for the applicant's/recipient's employment.
(vii) Payments for similar items and services
						not listed in subparagraphs (i)-(vi) which are directly related to the
						applicant's/recipient's impairment and needed by him to work.