DEEMED INCOME SR 12-04, 07/12 (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 FANF children living with them.

• In a three-generation household, the income of grandparents—if they are not receiving assistance—is deemed available to their FANF children who are minor parents. In FANF financial assistance cases, this deemed income is available to the grandchildren in the case. In FANF 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 *Children’s Medicaid.

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• The income of parents is deemed to their children living with them who receive *Children with Severe Disabilities (*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 and resources of any parent or spouse receiving SSI or who is open in a separate OAA, ANB, or APTD financial assistance case is deemed available to the FANF financial assistance group only. Additionally, the SSI benefit is deemed available to the FANF financial assistance AG. The OAA/ANB/APTD benefit is still excluded, however. In these cases, the SSI/OAA/ANB/APTD recipient is considered to be "counted" in the FANF financial assistance AG, which means the SSI/OAA/ANB/APTD recipient is included in the FANF cash assistance group size and the SSI/OAA/ANB/APTD recipient's income and resources are counted towards the FANF cash AG (as well as the SSI recipient’s SSI benefit), but the SSI/OAA/ANB/APTD recipient is not considered a "recipient" of FANF cash.

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