PDFWAC 182-509-0355

MAGI incomeGifts and inheritances.

For purposes of determining eligibility for modified adjusted gross income (MAGI)–based Washington apple health (WAH) (see WAC 182-509-0300):
(1) A gift is property received by a person without work or cost on his or her part. An inheritance is property received by a person from the estate of a deceased person.
(2) The agency does not count as income to a person any gifts or inheritances, whether cash or noncash, received by the person, except that the agency does count as income to a person any income from any gift or inheritance.
(3) The agency does not count as income to a person any amounts paid on behalf of that person to any person who provides medical care (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 213(d)) to that person.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), 42 C.F.R. §§ 431, 435, 457, and 45 C.F.R. § 155. WSR 14-01-021, § 182-509-0355, filed 12/9/13, effective 1/9/14.]