WAC 388-475-0550   SSI-related medical -- All other excluded resources.  All resources described in this section are excluded resources for SSI-related medical programs. Unless otherwise stated, interest earned on the resource amount is counted as unearned income.

     (1) Resources necessary for a client who is blind or disabled to fulfill a department approved self-sufficiency plan.

     (2) Retroactive payments from SSI or RSDI, including benefits a client receives under the interim assistance reimbursement agreement with the Social Security Administration, are excluded for nine months following the month of receipt. This exclusion applies to:

     (a) Payments received by the client, spouse, or any other person financially responsible for the client;

     (b) SSI payments for benefits due for the month(s) before the month of continuing payment;

     (c) RSDI payments for benefits due for a month that is two or more months before the month of continuing payment; and

     (d) Proceeds from these payments as long as they are held as cash, or in a checking or savings account. The funds may be commingled with other funds, but must remain identifiable from the other funds for this exclusion to apply. This exclusion does not apply once the payments have been converted to any other type of resource.

     (3) All resources specifically excluded by federal law, such as those described in subsections (4) through (11) as long as such funds are identifiable.

     (4) Payments made under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

     (5) Payments made to Native Americans as listed in 20 CFR 416.1182, Appendix to subpart K, section IV, paragraphs (b) and (c), and in 20 CFR 416.1236.

     (6) The following Native American/Alaska Native funds are excluded resources:

     (a) Resources received from a Native Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including:

     (i) Shares of stock held in a regional or village corporation;

     (ii) Cash or dividends on stock received from the Native Corporation up to two thousand dollars per person per year;

     (iii) Stock issued by a native corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock;

     (iv) A partnership interest;

     (v) Land or an interest in land; and

     (vi) An interest in a settlement trust.

     (b) All funds contained in a restricted Individual Indian Money (IIM) account.

     (7) Restitution payment and any interest earned from this payment to persons of Japanese or Aleut ancestry who were relocated and interned during war time under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act.

     (8) Funds received from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other funds established to settle Agent Orange liability claims.

     (9) Payments or interest accrued on payments received under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act received by the injured person, the surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, or grandparents.

     (10) Payments from:

     (a) The Dutch government under the Netherlands' Act on Benefits for Victims of Persecution (WUV).

     (b) The Victims of Nazi Persecution Act of 1994 to survivors of the Holocaust.

     (c) Susan Walker vs. Bayer Corporation, et al., 96-C-5024 (N.D. Ill.) (May 8, 1997) settlement funds.

     (d) Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 P.L. 105-369.

     (11) The unspent social insurance payments received due to wage credits granted under sections 500 through 506 of the Austrian General Social Insurance Act.

     (12) Earned income tax credit refunds and payments are excluded as resources for nine months after the month of receipt.

     (13) Payments from a state administered victim's compensation program for a period of nine calendar months after the month of receipt.

     (14) Cash or in-kind items received as a settlement for the purpose of repairing or replacing a specific excluded resource are excluded:

     (a) For nine months. This includes relocation assistance provided by state or local government.

     (b) Up to a maximum of thirty months, when:

     (i) The client intends to repair or replace the excluded resource; and

     (ii) Circumstances beyond the control of the settlement recipient prevented the repair or replacement of the excluded resource within the first or second nine months of receipt of the settlement.

     (c) For an indefinite period, if the settlement is from federal relocation assistance.

     (d) Permanently, if the settlement is assistance received under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or other assistance provided under a federal statute because of a catastrophe which is declared to be a major disaster by the President of the United States, or is comparable assistance received from a state or local government or from a disaster assistance organization. Interest earned on this assistance is also excluded from resources. Any cash or in-kind items received as a settlement and excluded under this subsection are considered as available resources when not used within the allowable time periods.

     (15) Insurance proceeds or other assets recovered by a Holocaust survivor as defined in WAC 388-470-0026(4).

     (16) Pension funds owned by an ineligible spouse. Pension funds are defined as funds held in a(n):

     (a) Individual retirement account (IRA) as described by the IRS code; or

     (b) Work-related pension plan (including plans for self-employed individuals, known as Keogh plans).

     (17) Cash payments received from a medical or social service agency to pay for medical or social services are excluded for one calendar month following the month of receipt.

     (18) SSA- or DVR-approved plans for achieving self-support (PASS) accounts, allowing blind or disabled individuals to set aside resources necessary for the achievement of the plan's goals, are excluded.

     (19) Food and nutrition programs with federal involvement. This includes Washington Basic Food, school reduced and free meals and milk programs and WIC.

     (20) Gifts to, or for the benefit of, a person under eighteen years old who has a life-threatening condition, from an organization described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, as follows:

     (a) In-kind gifts that are not converted to cash; or

     (b) Cash gifts up to a total of two thousand dollars in a calendar year.

     (21) Veteran's payments made to, or on behalf of, natural children of Vietnam veterans regardless of their age or marital status, for any disability resulting from spina bifida suffered by these children.

     (22) The following are among assets that are not considered resources and as such are neither excluded nor counted:

     (a) Home energy assistance/support and maintenance assistance;

     (b) Retroactive in-home supportive services payments to ineligible spouses and parents; and

     (c) Gifts of domestic travel tickets. For a more complete list please see POMS @ http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501130050.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, and 74.09.500, and Social Security Act as amended by P.L. 108-203. 06-04-046, § 388-475-0550, filed 1/26/06, effective 2/26/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.08.090. 04-09-004, § 388-475-0550, filed 4/7/04, effective 6/1/04.]