WAC 182-509-0035 MCS income--Educational benefits.

This section applies to medical care services (MCS).

1. Educational benefits that do not count are:

   1. Educational assistance in the form of grants, loans or work study, issued from Title IV of the Higher Education Amendments (Title IV - HEA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education assistance programs. Examples of Title IV - HEA and BIA educational assistance include but are not limited to:

      1. College work study (federal and state); 

      2. Pell grants; and

      3. BIA higher education grants.

   2. Educational assistance in the form of grants, loans or work-study made available under any program administered by the Department of Education (DOE) to an undergraduate student. Examples of programs administered by DOE include, but are not limited to:

      1. Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program;

      2. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program; and

      3. Library Career Training Program.

2. For assistance in the form of grants, loans or work-study under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, P.L. 101-391:

   1. If the individual is attending school half-time or more, the following expenses are subtracted:

      1. Tuition;

      2. Fees;

      3. Costs for purchase or rental of equipment, materials, or supplies required of all students in the same course of study;

      4. Books;

      5. Supplies;

      6. Transportation;

      7. Dependent care; and

      8. Miscellaneous personal expenses.

   2. If  the individual is attending school less than half-time, we subtract the following expenses:

      1. Tuition;

      2. Fees; and

      3. Costs for purchase or rental of equipment, materials, or supplies required of all students in the same course of study.

   3. The MCS eligibility standard based on one person is also subtracted.

   4. Any remaining income is unearned income and budgeted using the appropriate budgeting method for the assistance unit.

3. If  the individual is participating in a work study program that is not excluded in subsection (1), of this section, that work study income is counted as earned income under the following conditions:

   1. The individual is allowed the earned income work incentive deduction described in WAC 282-509-0175; and 

   2. The remaining income is budgeted using the appropriate budgeting method for the assistance unit.

4. If the individual receives Veteran's Administration Educational Assistance:

   1. All applicable attendance costs are subtracted; and

   2. The remaining unearned income is budgeted using the appropriate budgeting method for the assistance unit.