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 C - THE TANF AND GA CATEGORIES › TYPES OF INCOME NOT COUNTED FOR THE TANF AND GA CATEGORIES › Section 181.263 - Other types of income not counted for the TANF and GA categories

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following types of income are not counted for the
						  TANF and GA categories:
(1)
Funds subject to reimbursement.
Funds for which a Department
						reimbursement agreement has been executed.
(2)
MA Copayment rebates.
A
						refund to the applicant/recipient authorized as a rebate for payment made in
						excess of the amount required as copayment for MA services.
(3)
Retroactive cash assistance
						payments.
Retroactive cash assistance payments authorized to correct
						underpayments to previous recipients of cash assistance are not considered
						income in the month paid nor in the following month. In subsequent months,
						money remaining from the payments is treated as a resource under Chapter 178
						(relating to resources provisions for categorically NMP-MA and
						MNO-MA).
(4)
Corrective
						cash assistance payment.
A corrective cash assistance payment when
						authorized retroactively as a result of a prehearing conference, a fair hearing
						decision or a court order.
(5)
Refund of assigned support payment.
An assigned court order or
						voluntary support payment refunded to the applicant/recipient due to a month of
						suspension of the monthly cash assistance payment.
(6)
Donations from public or private
						agencies.
Money, goods or services an applicant/recipient receives
						from a public or private agency or organization.
(7)
Donations from
						individuals.
In-kind goods or services provided by a person to an
						applicant/recipient or third-party payments made to a vendor on behalf of an
						applicant/recipient.
(8)
Gifts, loans and borrowed money.
A loan or borrowed money such
						as, but not limited to, a car loan or a personal loan from non-LRR sources.
						Occasional nonrecurring small amounts of money given as a gift, regardless of
						whether the giver is or is not an LRR, if the amount of the gifts does not
						exceed $50 per person in a calendar quarter. A gift received by a member who is
						included in the application for MA or is a recipient of MA may be divided among
						the members applying for, or receiving, MA, if the member who received the gift
						claims that the gift is intended for the entire group. If the gifts exceed $50
						per person per calendar quarter, only the amount of the gifts over $50 per
						person is treated as a resource in the month received for all of the
						members.
(9)
Home
						produce.
The value of an applicant's/recipient's home produce which is
						used by him and his household for their own personal consumption and not for
						sale.
(10)
Day
						care.
Money received from providing day care for children in an
						approved family day care home.
(11)
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
The advance monthly payment
						or year-end payment which an applicant/recipient receives.
The provisions of this §
														181.263 amended under sections
							 201(2) and 403(b) of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
															201(2) and
							 403(b)); Titles I and III of
							 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
							 (Pub. L. No.
							 104-193) (PRWORA), creating the Temporary
							 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and amending
							 42 U.S.C.A. §§
															601-619,
							 651-669(b) and
							 1396u-1;
							 1902(a)(10)(A) and
							 (C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
															1396a(a)(10)(A) and (C));
							 and the Federal TANF regulations in
							 45 CFR
							 260.10-265.10.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
														140.441 (relating to income not
							 counted); 55 Pa. Code §
														178.151 (relating to additional
							 resource requirements); 55 Pa. Code §
														181.283 (relating to
							 contributions); 55 Pa. Code §
														181.284 (relating to income of a
							 child); and 55 Pa. Code §
														181.452 (relating to
							 posteligibility determination of income available from an MA eligible person
							 toward his cost of care).