WAC 388-800-0030 Who is eligible for detoxification services?

1. You are eligible for detoxification services if you:

   1. Receive benefits from temporary aid for needy families (TANF), general assistance unemployable (GAU), a medical assistance program, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI); or 

   2. Do not have a combined nonexempt income and/or resources that exceed the payment standards for TANF.

2. To determine your financial eligibility for the detoxification program the department deducts or exempts the following:

   1. A home;

   2. Household furnishings and personal clothing essential for daily living;

   3. Other personal property used to reduce need for assistance or for rehabilitation;

   4. A used and useful automobile;

   5. Mandatory expenses of employment;

   6. Total income and resources of a noninstitutionalized SSI beneficiary;

   7. Support payments paid under a court order; and

   8. Payments to a wage earner plan specified by a court in bankruptcy proceedings, or previously contracted major household repairs, when failure to make such payments will result in garnishment of wages or loss of employment.

3. The following resources are not exempt:

   1. Cash;

   2. Marketable securities; and

   3. Any other resource not specifically exempted that can be converted to cash.

4. If you receive detoxification services you shall not incur a deductible as a factor of eligibility for the covered period of detoxification.