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H. GLOSSARYAny expenses incurred by a blind individual that are reasonably attributable to earning income. The BWE provision permits the exclusion of these expenses from the earned income of a blind individual. (See “Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE)” for the related exclusions for disabled individuals.)The phrase in the Social Security Act that defined disability for children prior to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193). Under prior law, an individual under age 18 would have been considered disabled if he or she had an impairment of comparable severity to one that would disable an adult.The amount of resources after all exclusions. This amount is an important factor in an individual’s or couple’s SSI eligibility determination. A resource may be cash or other liquid assets or any real or personal property that an individual (or his or her spouse) owns and could convert to cash to be used for support and maintenance. Title XVI stipulates what items are to be excluded from resources.The standard used in computing the amount of Federal SSI benefits for individuals and couples. The FBRs increase annually to reflect increases in the cost of living. (See table IV.A2.)The provision that permits the exclusion from earnings of the costs of items and services needed in order for a disabled individual to work, paid for by the individual, and necessarily incurred by that individual because of a physical or mental impairment. We exclude these IRWEs from earnings when determining substantial gainful activity (SGA) or computing eligibility and ongoing SSI monthly payments. (See “Blind Work Expenses (BWE)” for the related exclusions for blind individuals.)Income received either infrequently or irregularly that we can exclude from the determination of an individual’s income. Infrequent income1 is income an individual has not received more than once in a calendar quarter from a single source.2 Irregular income is income that an individual could not reasonably expect to receive. In any given quarter, we exclude up to $30 of earned (infrequent or irregular) and $60 of unearned (infrequent or irregular) income.A determination SSA makes about an individual’s eligibility for benefits or about any other matter that gives that person a right to further administrative or judicial review.Income that is not cash, but is food or shelter or something an individual can use to obtain food or shelter.The process used to reimburse a State for basic assistance provided by the State to a claimant either while the claimant’s application for SSI was pending or during the period in which the claimant’s SSI benefits were suspended. SSA may reimburse a State from the claimant’s retroactive SSI payment if: (1) the State has an agreement with SSA to participate in IAR;
(2) the claimant has given SSA written authorization to reimburse the State from the retroactive payments; and (3) we find the claimant eligible for SSI benefits or for reinstatement of his or her benefits for the same period of suspense.A required condition for parent-to-child and spouse-to-spouse deeming. Deeming of income and resources occurs if an eligible child lives with his or her ineligible parent(s) or an eligible individual lives with his or her ineligible spouse.The measuring of income and resources against specified amounts as eligibility factors for certain assistance benefits. SSI is a means-tested benefit program.The program authorized under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which provides medical assistance to certain low-income individuals and families and certain disabled and medically needy individuals. Medicaid is administered by the States with support from the Federal Government in the form of matching grants. The Federal Government provides guidelines to the States for formulating their programs. As a result of the flexibility of these guidelines, Medicaid programs vary widely among the States.A medical treatment facility such as a hospital, extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate care facility, where Medicaid pays more than 50 percent of the cost of a person’s care.An institution or that part of an institution licensed or otherwise approved by a Federal, State, or local government to provide inpatient medical care and services.A nationwide, Federally-administered health insurance program authorized in 1965 under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover the cost of hospitalization, medical care, and some related services for most people age 65 and over. In 1972, lawmakers extended coverage to people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments for two years and people with End-Stage Renal Disease. Effective July 2001, people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis became Medicare-eligible during their first 24 months of receiving SSDI payments. In 2010, people exposed to environmental health hazards within areas under a corresponding emergency declaration became Medicare-eligible. Traditional Medicare consists of two separate but coordinated programs — Hospital Insurance (HI, also known as Part A) and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI, also known as Part B). Part A helps pay for inpatient hospital care, inpatient skilled nursing care, and hospice care. Part B helps pay for doctors’ services and other medical expenses, and supplies not covered by Part A. In 2006, prescription drug coverage (also known as Part D) was added. Almost all persons who are aged 65 and over or disabled and who are entitled to Part A are eligible to enroll in Part B and Part D on a voluntary basis by paying monthly premiums.An individual who is not a United States citizen. Also referred to in welfare and immigration law as an alien. (See “Alien Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence,” “Asylee,” “Parolee” and “Refugee.”)The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance programs established under Title II of the Social Security Act.One‑Third Reduction.The reduction of an individual’s SSI payment that occurs when an individual is living in the household of another. Instead of determining the actual dollar value of in-kind support and maintenance, we count one-third of the Federal benefit rate as additional income to an individual living in another person’s household for a full calendar month and receiving both food and shelter from the household.The payment of more than the amount due for any period, including any amounts of Federally-administered State supplementation payments.For SSI purposes, the natural mother or father of the child, or the person who legally adopted the child, or the stepparent who lives in the same household as the child.A noncitizen who appears to be inadmissible to the inspecting USCIS officer but is allowed to enter the United States because of emergency humanitarian conditions or the noncitizen’s entry is determined to be in the public interest. Parole does not constitute a formal admission to the United States and confers temporary admission status only, requiring parolees to leave when the conditions supporting their parole cease to exist.A requirement that States must meet in order to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. Any State making supplementary payments (see “State Supplementation”) after June 30, 1977, must continue making such payments and must pass along any cost-of-living increase to the Federal benefit rate. Two methods are available to ensure that cost-of-living increases are passed on to the recipients.
We modified the definition of infrequent income in final rules published on August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45375). Previously, we defined infrequent income as income not received more than once a quarter from a single source.
Also, infrequent income is income that an individual has not received in two consecutive months, regardless of whether these payments occur in different calendar quarters.
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