- If an un emancipated blind or disabled individual under 18 years of age, lives with at least one parent and then enters an institution, the resources of the parent(s) are deemed to the child for the month of eligibility.
- If an un emancipated blind or disabled individual under 21 years of age and in school lives with at least one parent and then enters an institution, the income of the parent(s) are deemed to the child for the month of eligibility.
- Calculate the child's countable gross unearned income
- Calculate the parent(s) countable gross unearned income
- Calculate the parent(s) countable gross earned income from all sources (including self employment income)
- Carry out the parent to child deeming process
- Add the total deemable income, if any, of the parent(s) to the eligible child's countable gross unearned income
- Calculate the child's countable gross earned income from all sources (including self employment income)
- Add the countable gross unearned income and the countable gross earned income to determine the total gross countable income for the eligible child
- Compare gross amount to state maximum allowable monthly income standard.
Disabled Child Exception
In the following cases, the child should be treated as a single institutionalized individual:
- If a baby, meeting disability criteria, is born in a hospital and is subsequently a resident of that hospital throughout the remainder of that month, the baby is considered to be a resident of the hospital throughout the month of his/her birth and no parental resources are deemed OR
- An infant who is born disabled, and who remains in the hospital for an extended time after birth is a resident of the medical institution from the date of birth and no parental resource are deemed.
- An emancipated child