WSR 97-02-033

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Economic Services)

(Public Assistance)

[Filed December 24, 1996, 2:11 p.m., effective January 1, 1997]

Purpose: Consider as income, for food stamp program purposes, state-defined energy allowances in refugee assistance grants.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-49-470.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.510.

Other Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2014 (d) and (k).

Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

Reasons for this Finding: Section 808 of HR 3734 (Public Law 104-193) requires this change for January 1, 1997, implementation.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 1997.

December 23, 1996

Merry A. Kogut, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending 96-22-100, filed 11/6/96, effective 12/7/96)

WAC 388-49-470 Income--Exclusions. (1) The department shall exclude the following income:

(a) Money withheld from an income source to repay a prior overpayment from that same income source except for money withheld to recoup an intentional noncompliance overpayment from a federal, state, or local means-tested program;

(b) Income specifically excluded by any federal statute from consideration as income in the food stamp program;

(c) The earned income of household members who are:

(i) Seventeen years of age or under; and

(ii) Attending elementary or secondary school at least half time.

(d) Infrequent or irregular income, received during a three-month period by a prospectively budgeted household, that:

(i) Cannot be reasonably anticipated as available; and

(ii) Shall not exceed thirty dollars for all household members.

(e) Loans, including those from private individuals and commercial institutions, other than educational loans where repayment is deferred;

(f) Nonrecurring lump sum payments;

(g) Income used for the cost of producing self-employment income;

(h) Educational assistance financed in whole or in part with Title IV funds or issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;

(i) Educational assistance to the extent such assistance is earmarked by the school or actually paid by the student for the following educational expenses:

(i) Tuition;

(ii) Mandatory fees, including rental or purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies related to pursuing the course of study;

(iii) Books;

(iv) Supplies;

(v) Transportation; and

(vi) Miscellaneous personal expenses.

(j) Reimbursements for past or future expenses to the extent the reimbursements do not:

(i) Exceed the actual expense; and

(ii) Represent a gain or benefit to the household.

(k) Any gain or benefit not in money;

(l) Vendor payments as defined in WAC 388-49-020;

(m) Money received and used for the care and maintenance of a third-party beneficiary who is not a household member;

(n) Supplemental payments or allowances made under federal, state, or local laws for the purpose of offsetting increased energy costs;

(o) ((Energy allowances included in refugee assistance grants.

(p))) Support payments owed to a household member, but specified by the support court order or other legally binding written support or alimony agreement to go directly to a third-party beneficiary rather than to the household;

(((q))) (p) Support payments on behalf of a household member, not required by the support court order or other legally binding written support or alimony agreement and paid directly to a third party rather than to the household;

(((r))) (q) Payments from the individual and family grant program;

(((s))) (r) Public assistance payments:

(i) Over and above the regular warrant amount;

(ii) Not normally a part of the regular warrant; and

(iii) Paid directly to a third party on behalf of the household.

(((t))) (s) From Jobs Training Partnership Act programs:

(i) Allowances; and

(ii) Earnings from on-the-job training by household members under parental control and eighteen years of age and younger.

(((u))) (t) Cash donations based on need:

(i) Received directly by the household;

(ii) From one or more private, nonprofit, charitable organizations; and

(iii) Not exceeding three hundred dollars in any federal fiscal year quarter.

(((v))) (u) Earned income credit;

(((w))) (v) Governmental foster care payments received by households with foster care individuals who are considered to be boarders under WAC 388-49-020(10).

(2) When earnings or amount of work performed by a household member described in subsection (1)(c) of this section, cannot be differentiated from the earnings or work performed by other household members, the department shall:

(a) Prorate the earnings equally among the working members; and

(b) Exclude the household member's pro rata share.

(3) When the intended beneficiaries of a single payment for care and maintenance of a third-party beneficiary include both household members and persons not in the household, the department shall exclude:

(a) Any identifiable portion intended and used for the care and maintenance of the person out of the household; or

(b) The lesser of:

(i) The actual amount used from a single payment for the care of a person outside the household; or

(ii) A pro rata share of the single payment when the single payment does not identify the portion intended for the care of the person outside the household.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and Section 807 and 808 of H.R. 3734 (Public Law 104-193). 96-22-100, 388-49-470, filed 11/6/96, effective 12/7/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and 7 CFR 273.9 (c)(16). 94-22-029 (Order 3802), 388-49-470, filed 10/26/94, effective 1/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510, P.L. 103-66 (8-10-93) and 7 CFR 273.11(k). 94-16-074 (Order 3766), 388-49-470, filed 7/29/94, effective 9/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and 1992 479B. 93-17-032 (Order 3614), 388-49-470, filed 8/11/93, effective 9/11/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and 7 CFR 273.9 (b)(5), (c)(2), and (c)(6). 92-22-051 (Order 3475), 388-49-470, filed 10/28/92, effective 12/1/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and Public Law 102-237. 92-11-063 (Order 3392), 388-49-470, filed 5/19/92, effective 6/19/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510. 92-03-119 (Order 3316), 388-49-470, filed 1/21/92, effective 2/21/92; 91-06-004 (Order 3141), 388- 49-470, filed 2/21/91, effective 3/24/91; 90-15-028 (Order 3040), 388-49-470, filed 7/13/90, effective 8/13/90; 89-24-040 (Order 2911), 388-49-470, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90; 89-11-101 (Order 2800), 388-49-470, filed 5/24/89; 88-21-096 (Order 2716), 388-49-470, filed 10/19/88; 88-08-079 (Order 2617), 388-49-470, filed 4/6/88. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050. 88-02-031 (Order 2575), 388-49-470, filed 12/31/87.]

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