DEEMED INCOME SR 06-12, 10/06 (FAM-A)

Income which is considered to be available for use by an individual regardless of actual receipt. Income is deemed only from parent to child and from spouse to spouse. See Disqualified Member’s Income. To calculate deemed income, see Chapter 600, Part 611, Income Budgeting. Types of income are deemed as follows:

• A portion of a sponsor’s income is deemed to an alien for a period of 3 years after the alien’s entry.

• The income of ineligible aliens or refugees is deemed available to their children living with them when the parents’ ineligible alien or refugee status is the only cause for ineligibility from the assistance group.

• The income of parents is deemed available to their TANF/UP children living with them.

• In a three-generation household, the income of grandparents—if they are not receiving assistance—is deemed available to their TANF/UP children who are minor parents. In TANF/UP financial assistance cases, this deemed income is available to the grandchildren in the case. In TANF MA-only cases, however, this income is not deemed available to the grandchildren. Minor parents are those under age 18 for financial assistance or under age 21 for MA-only.

• The income of parents is deemed to their children living with them who receive medical assistance under any of the following programs:

-  HKG-185: Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage for children aged 0-19 with family income no higher than 185% of federal poverty income guidelines;

- HKG-300: Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage for infants up to age 1 with family income greater than 185%, but no higher than 300%, of federal poverty income guidelines;

- HKG-CH: Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage for children aged 0-19 who are eligible for In and Out Children’s Medical Assistance; and

- HKS: Healthy Kids-Silver medical insurance coverage (Department subsidized) for children aged 1-19 with family income greater than 185% but no higher than 300% of federal poverty income guidelines.

• The income of parents is deemed to their children living with them who receive Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage as Children with Severe Disabilities (HKG-CSD).

• The income of the parents is deemed to a woman who is receiving benefits under the Medical Coverage for Pregnant Women (MCPW) program, as long as she is under 21 and living with them. However, the income of the father’s parents is not deemable to the father of the unborn baby or the pregnant woman.

The income of any parent or spouse receiving SSI or who is open in a separate TANF/UP, OAA, ANB, or APTD financial assistance case is not deemed available to a TANF/UP financial assistance group, nor is the TANF/UP financial assistance group’s income deemed available to them. See FAM 611.03, Deeming Principles, and 611.04, Determining Budgetary Units for Medical Assistance Programs, for policy regarding income deeming for medical-assistance-only cases.

Treatment: Unearned Income