SI 01210: Special Blind Income Provision

Effective Dates: 11/06/2013 - Present

BASIC (04-90)

A. Introduction

This section provides the policy and procedure for determining CI, and an example illustrating the computations.

B. Policy

We follow the State plan in applying State plan disregards either to the couple's combined income or separately to each member.

C. Procedure

1. Example

A blind grandfathered eligible couple living in State X has the following income:

$125 RSDI to husband
$120 RSDI to wife
$250 wages to husband
$200 wages to wife
$ 60 BWE of husband under both Federal and State plan rules
$ 65 BWE of wife under both Federal and State plan rules

The State plan treated each member of the couple as an individual.

The State plan income disregards used in the chart below are typical. Actual disregards vary by State.

2. Chart: Determining CI

STEP	ACTION	EXPLANATION	EXAMPLE
			Husband - Unearned Income - Wife
1	Compute BCI	Apply the applicable State plan income disregards (SI 01210.500) to the income of each recipient. Then add the two results.	$125.00 - 8.00 $117.00 - 7.50 $109.50	RSDI two $4 RSDI pass - alongs general disregard countable unearned income	$120.00 - 8.00 $112.00 - 7.50 $104.50
			Husband - Earned Income - Wife
			$250.00	wages	$200.00
			- 85.00	earned income disregard	- 85.00
			$165.00		$115.00
			÷ 2	disregard of one- half remainder	÷ 2
			$ 82.50		$ 57.50
			- 60.00	BWE	- 65.00
			$ 22.50	countable earned income	$ 0.
			BCI
			$109.50	countable unearned income of husband
			104.50	countable unearned income of wife
			+22.50	countable earned income of husband
			$236.50	BCI
			Unearned Income
2	Compute CI/FR.	Apply the SSI exclusions to the combined income of the couple.	$125.00 +120.00 $245.00 - 20.00 $225.00	RSDI - husband RSDI - wife general exclusion countable unearned income
			Earned Income
		The system performs this computation, except for cases requiring a manual computation.	$250.00 +200.00 $450.00 - 65.00 $385.00 ÷ 2	wages - husband wages - wife earned income exclusion exclusion of one-half of remainder
			$192.50 - 125.00	BWE - husband ($60.00) and wife ($65.00)
			$ 67.50	countable earned income
			CI/FR
			$225.00 +67.50 $292.50	countable unearned income countable earned income CI/FR
3	Determine CI.	Compare BCI from step 1 with CI/FR from step 2. Use the lower amount. (After gross income and BCI have been input, the system performs this comparison, except for cases in force due.)	$236.50 CI (BCI from step 1)

D. References

BCI Initial Claims Input, SM 01005.194

BCI Posteligibility Input, SM 01305.315

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