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 › INCOME EXCLUSIONS FOR THE AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED CATEGORIES › Section 181.121 - Income exempt by Federal statutes

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following types of income do not count when
						  determining income eligibility for MA:
(1)
Food Stamp Program
						benefits.
The value of food stamps received by an applicant/recipient
						who is participating in the Food Stamp Program (7 U.S.C.A. §§
													2011-2029).
(2)
Value of United States Department
						of Agriculture surplus food donation.
The value of United States
						Department of Agriculture donated foods-surplus commodities-distributed under
						section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C.A. §
													612c).
(3)
Value of free or reduced price
						food.
The value of free or reduced price food received by women and
						children under section 11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.A. §
													1780(b)) and section 17 of
						that act (42 U.S.C.A. §
													1786); and section 13(h)(3) of the National
						School Lunch Act (42
						U.S.C.A. §
													1761(h)(3)).
(4)
Assistance to prevent fuel
						cutoffs.
Assistance received under the Energy Crisis Assistance
						Program or the Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program under section 222
						(a)(5) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.A. §
													2809(a)(5)).
(5)
Fuel assistance
						payments.
Fuel assistance payments and allowances under the Low Income
						Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.A. §§
													8621-8629) as amended by the Human
						Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-425) (100 Stat.
						966).
(6)
Housing
						subsidies.
Housing subsidies paid under the United States Housing Act
						of 1937 (includes section 8 housing) (12 U.S.C.A. §§
													1437-1437g), the National Housing Act
						(12 U.S.C.A. §§
													1706(b)-1749bbb-21), section 101 of
						the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C.A. §
													1701s), Title V of the Housing Act of 1949
						(42 U.S.C.A. §§
													1471-1490o) or other Federal housing
						subsidy statutes.
(7)
Uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition
						policies.
Payment received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation
						Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies of 1970 (42 U.S.C.A. §§
													4621-4638).
(8)
Job Training Partnership
						Act.
Payments received under the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982
						(29 U.S.C.A. §§
													1501-1781).
(9)
Grants or loans to undergraduate
						students.
Grants or loans to undergraduate students for educational
						purposes made or insured under programs administered by the Secretary of the
						United States Department of Education under section 507 of the Higher Education
						Amendments of 1968 (20
						U.S.C.A. §
													1060 note and § 1091
						note).
(10)
Wages,
						allowances or reimbursement for transportation and attendant care costs
						received by an eligible handicapped individual under Title VI of the
						Rehabilitation Act.
Wages, allowances or reimbursement for
						transportation and attendant care costs, unless excepted on a case-by-case
						basis, when received by an eligible handicapped person employed in a project
						under section 611(b) and (c) of Title VI of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
						(29 U.S.C.A. §
													795(b) and (c)).
(11)
Alaska Native Claims Settlement
						Act.
Payments under section 21(a) of the Alaska Native Claims
						Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.A.
						§
													1620(a)).
(12)
Payments based on age and
						residence in Alaska.
Payments made under a program established in
						Alaska before July 1, 1973, and based solely on length of residence in Alaska
						and attainment of 65 years of age. This includes money received in accordance
						with the Alaska longevity bonus which is exempt under section 1612(b)(2)(B) of
						the Social Security Act (42
						U.S.C.A. §
													1382(b)(2)(B)).
(13)
Indian Tribe per capita judgment
						funds.
Per capita judgment funds received by the following Indian
						tribes:
(i) The Blackfeet and Gros Ventre
						Tribes under section 4 of the act of March 18, 1972 (Pub. L. 92-254) (86 Stat.
						65) (25 U.S.C.A. §
														1264).
(ii) The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
						under the act of October 18, 1976 (Pub. L. 94-540) (90 Stat. 2503).
(iii) Tribes or groups under section 7 of the
						act of October 9, 1973 (Pub. L. 93-134) (87 Stat. 468) (25 U.S.C.A. §
														1407).
(iv) The Yakima Indian Nation or the Apache
						Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation under section 2 of the act of October 10,
						1978 (Pub. L. 95-433) (92 Stat. 1047) (25 U.S.C.A. §
														609
						c-1).