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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IIISocial Security Administration400 – 499
Part 416Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled416.101 – 416.2227
Subpart KIncome416.1100 – 416.1182
General416.1100 – 416.1104
§ 416.1100Income and SSI eligibility.
§ 416.1101Definition of terms.
§ 416.1102What is income?
§ 416.1103What is not income?
§ 416.1104Income we count.
Earned Income416.1110 – 416.1112
§ 416.1110What is earned income.
§ 416.1111How we count earned income.
§ 416.1112Earned income we do not count.
Unearned Income416.1120 – 416.1124
§ 416.1120What is unearned income.
§ 416.1121Types of unearned income.
§ 416.1123How we count unearned income.
§ 416.1124Unearned income we do not count.
In-Kind Support and Maintenance416.1130 – 416.1145
§ 416.1130Introduction.
§ 416.1131The one-third reduction rule.
§ 416.1132What we mean by “living in another person's household”.
§ 416.1133What is a pro rata share of household operating expenses.
§ 416.1140The presumed value rule.
§ 416.1141When the presumed value rule applies.
§ 416.1142If you live in a public assistance household.
§ 416.1143If you live in a noninstitutional care situation.
§ 416.1144If you live in a nonprofit retirement home or similar institution.
§ 416.1145How the presumed value rule applies in a nonmedical for-profit institution.
In-Kind Support and Maintenance in Special Circumstances416.1147 – 416.1148
§ 416.1147How we value in-kind support and maintenance for a couple.
§ 416.1147aIncome rules in change-of-status situations involving in-kind support and maintenance.
§ 416.1148If you have both in-kind support and maintenance and income that is deemed to you.
Temporary Absence416.1149
§ 416.1149What is a temporary absence from your living arrangement.
Disasters416.1150 – 416.1151
§ 416.1150How we treat income received because of a major disaster.
§ 416.1151How we treat the repair or replacement of lost, damaged, or stolen resources.
Home Energy Assistance416.1157
§ 416.1157Support and maintenance assistance.
Deeming of Income416.1160 – 416.1169
§ 416.1160What is deeming of income?
§ 416.1161Income of an ineligible spouse, ineligible parent, and essential person for deeming purposes.
§ 416.1161aIncome for deeming purposes where Medicaid eligibility is affected.
§ 416.1163How we deem income to you from your ineligible spouse.
§ 416.1165How we deem income to you from your ineligible parent(s).
§ 416.1166How we deem income to you and your eligible child from your ineligible spouse.
§ 416.1166aHow we deem income to you from your sponsor if you are an alien.
§ 416.1167Temporary absences and deeming rules.
§ 416.1168How we deem income to you from your essential person.
§ 416.1169When we stop deeming income from an essential person.
Alternative Income Counting Rules for Certain Blind Individuals416.1170 – 416.1171
§ 416.1170General.
§ 416.1171When the alternative rules apply.
Rules for Helping Blind and Disabled Individuals Achieve Self-Support416.1180 – 416.1182
§ 416.1180General.
§ 416.1181What is a plan to achieve self-support (PASS)?
§ 416.1182When we begin to count the income excluded under the plan.
Appendix to Subpart K of Part 416
List of Types of Income Excluded Under the SSI Program as Provided by Federal Laws Other Than the Social Security Act