Section 7.100.150. Availability of income.

	(a)  In determining eligibility for Family Medicaid benefits, the only money the department will consider to be income to a Family Medicaid household is money that is  
		(1) received or anticipated to be received by an individual included in the household; or  
		(2) available or anticipated to be available to meet the financial needs of an individual included in the household in the month for which the department is determining need.  
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department will determine the availability of income to a Family Medicaid household as follows:  
		(1) the income received by a parent who resides with that parent's dependent child is available to the dependent child;  
		(2) the income of a caretaker relative other than a parent is available to the caretaker relative, but not available to the dependent child who is included in the household;  
		(3) except as a provided in 7 AAC 100.162 and (5) of this subsection, the income of a dependent child is available to the household in which the child is a mandatory member of the household under 7 AAC 100.104, even if the child is ineligible for failure to fulfill the eligibility requirements of this chapter;  
		(4) the income of a dependent child is not available to the Family Medicaid household if the dependent child  
			(A) is receiving SSI;  
			(B) has been removed from the household under 7 AAC 100.178(c); or  
			(C) is not a mandatory member of the household under 7 AAC 100.104 and has been voluntarily removed from the Family Medicaid household by the caretaker relative; the unavailable income of the removed child includes any amount that another state or federal agency administering an assistance program reports as belonging to the child even if that child's money is combined with money for another individual in a single check;  
		(5) the income of a dependent child is not available to a Family Medicaid household if the dependent child is ineligible for Family Medicaid due to  
			(A) alien status under 7 AAC 100.050 or operation of the five-year bar under 7 AAC 100.056; or  
			(B) the availability of a sponsor's resources under 7 AAC 100.136 or a sponsor's income under 7 AAC 100.176;  
		(6) income received by a spouse is available to the other spouse if the couple lives together;  
		(7) subject to the provisions of 7 AAC 100.114(e) and 7 AAC 100.178, the income of a married stepparent is available to that stepparent's stepchild if the stepparent  
			(A) resides with the stepchild and the other members of the household; and  
			(B) does not receive SSI, APA, or Family Medicaid benefits;  
		(8) except as provided in 7 AAC 100.178, a deposit made by an individual who is not included in the Family Medicaid household into an account held jointly by that depositor and an applicant or recipient, is available income in the month of the deposit if  
			(A) the account requires the signature of only one of the account holders to withdraw money; and  
			(B) the money is not considered an exempt resource under 7 AAC 100.138, 7 AAC 100.140, or 7 AAC 100.144;  
		(9) the income of a sponsor of an alien is available to the sponsored alien under 7 AAC 100.176.  
	(c)  For the purpose of determining the availability of income to a Family Medicaid household, the department will consider as not available to the household the income of an individual who resides with, but who is not legally or financially responsible for, an individual included in household, even if the individual regularly purchases items for an individual included in the household. Any direct cash contribution that individual makes to anyone included in the household is unearned income to that household.  

Authorities

47.05.010;47.07.020;47.07.040

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 100.134

Authority

AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.020 AS 47.07.040

History

Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183