JCAR890120-1011664r08 1 This version includes all HFS 1st ...

946947948949950951952953954955956957958959960961962963964965966967968969970971972973974975976977978979980981982983984985986987e)d)f)e)JCAR890120-1011664r08Post-eligibility Treatment of Income. If non-financial and financial eligibility isestablished, a person's total income, including income exempt and disregarded indetermining eligibility, must be applied to the cost of the person's care, minus anyapplicable deductions provided under subsection (f) of this Section. Allowdeductions from the MANG clients non-SSI income for a Community SpouseMaintenance Needs Allowance and a Family Maintenance Needs Allowance foreach dependent family member who does not have enough income to meet his/herneeds. Family members include dependent children under age 21, dependentadult children, dependent parents or dependent siblings of either spouse who areliving with the community spouse. To determine the amount of the deduction:1) The deduction for the Community Spouse Maintenance Needs Allowance,as of October 1, 1989, is equal to the community spouse maintenanceneeds standard ($1,500) less any non-exempt monthly income of thecommunity spouse. The amount established as the community spousemaintenance needs standard shall be increased for calendar years after1989 by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the consumerprice index for all urban consumers. The deduction is allowed only to theextent income of the institutionalized spouse is contributed to thecommunity spouse. However, the deduction for the Community SpouseMaintenance Needs Allowance shall not be less than the amount orderedby the court for support of the community spouse or the amountdetermined as the result of the fair hearing.2) The deduction for the Family Maintenance Needs Allowance for eachdependent family member is equal to one-third of the difference betweenthe family maintenance needs standard (122% of the Federal PovertyLevel for two persons as of September 30, 1989, 133% as of July 1, 1991,and 150% as of July 1, 1992) and any non-exempt income of the familymember.Post-eligibility Income Deductions. From a person's total income that is payablefor a person's care, certain deductions are allowed. Allowed deductions shallincrease the amount paid by the Department for residential services on behalf ofthe person, up to the Department's payment rate for the facility. Deductions shallbe allowed for the following amounts in the following order:1) SSI benefits paid under 42 USC 1382(e)(1)(E) or (G) and, for residents ofSupportive Living Facilities, the minimum current SSI payment standardfor an individual (or a couple, if spouses reside together), less the personalneeds allowance specified in subsection (f)(2)(C) of this Section, shall be