Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES › Chapter 48 - COMMUNITY CARE FOR AGED AND DISABLED › Subchapter H - ELIGIBILITY › Section 48.2903 - Determination of Countable Income

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Countable income is determined by totalling gross income
					 from all the following sources, less all applicable exclusions and exemptions.
					 Applicable exclusions/exemptions are specified in §
										48.2904
					 and §
										48.2905
					 of this title (relating to Income from Excludable Sources and Income from
					 Exempt Sources).
(1) Total gross
				  earnings. This includes money, wages, commissions, tips, piece-rate payments,
				  cash bonuses, or salary received for work performed as an employee. This also
				  encompasses pay for members of the armed forces (including allotments from any
				  armed forces pay received by a member of the family group from a person not
				  living in the household).
(2)
				  Self-employment income (including farm income). For earned income to be
				  considered self-employment, either the client or spouse must be actively
				  involved or materially participating in producing the income.
(3) Social security and railroad retirement
				  benefits.
(4) Dividends. This
				  consists of dividends from stocks or membership in associations, and periodic
				  receipts from estates of trust funds. These payments are averaged over a
				  12-month period.
(5) Rental income.
				  This includes payments to the individual from the rent of housing, store, or
				  other property, as well as from boarders or lodgers.
(6) Net income derived from oil, gas, or
				  mineral rights. This can include both lease and royalty payments. These
				  payments are averaged over a 12-month period.
(7) Income from mortgages or
				  contracts.
(8) Public assistance or
				  welfare payments. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Security
				  Income, and general assistance (cash payments from a county or city) are
				  included.
(9) Veterans' pensions
				  and compensation checks. This may include money paid periodically by the
				  Veterans Administration to disabled members of the armed forces or to survivors
				  of deceased veterans, subsistence allowances paid to veterans for education and
				  on-the-job training, and refunds paid to ex-servicemen as GI insurance
				  premiums.
(10) Educational loans,
				  grants, fellowships, and scholarships.
(11) Unemployment compensation. Unemployment
				  compensation may be received from government employment insurance agencies or
				  private companies during periods of unemployment, and includes any strike
				  benefits received from union funds.
(12) Workers compensation and disability
				  payments. This includes compensation received periodically from private or
				  public insurance companies for injuries incurred at work.
(13) Alimony.
(14) Regular monthly cash support payments
				  from friends or relatives.
(15)
				  Pensions, annuities, and irrevocable trust funds. Payments may be paid to a
				  retired person or his survivors by a former employer or by a union, either
				  directly or through an insurance company. Periodic payments from annuities,
				  insurance, irrevocable trust fund payments, and civil service pensions are
				  included.
(16) Income from the
				  client's share of a life estate.