WAC 388-513-1325   Determining available income for an SSI-related single client for long-term care (LTC) services (institutional, waiver or hospice).  This section describes income the department considers available when determining an SSI-related single client's eligibility for LTC services (institutional, waiver or hospice).

     (1) Refer to WAC 388-513-1330 for rules related to available income for legally married couples.

     (2) The department must apply the following rules when determining income eligibility for SSI-related LTC services:

     (a) WAC 388-475-0600 Definition of income;

     (b) WAC 388-475-0650 Available income;

     (c) WAC 388-475-0700 Income eligibility;

     (d) WAC 388-475-0750 Countable unearned income;

     (e) WAC 388-475-0840(3) Self employment income-allowable expenses;

     (f) WAC 388-513-1315(16), Eligibility for long-term care (institutional, waiver, and hospice) services; and

     (g) WAC 388-450-0155, 388-450-0156 and 388-450-0160 for sponsored immigrants and how to determine if sponsors' income counts in determining benefits.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.500, 74.09.530. 07-14-087, § 388-513-1325, filed 6/29/07, effective 7/30/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 11.92.180, 43.20B.460, 48.85.020, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.500, 74.09.530, 74.[09.]575, 74.09.585; 20 C.F.R. 416.1110-1112, 1123 and 1160; 42 C.F.R. 435.403 (j)(2) and 1005; and Sections 17, 1915(c), and 1924 (42 U.S.C. 1396) of the Social Security Act. 00-01-051, § 388-513-1325, filed 12/8/99, effective 1/8/00.]