Section 240.825  Income

a)         Documentation of all currently available income which is not specified as exempt shall be provided during the applicant's/client's determination/redetermination of eligibility for the Community Care Program (CCP).

b)         The first $25.00 of earned or unearned income (other than Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or contributions from a spouse or other individual) is exempt from consideration in determining the monthly expense for care to be assessed in accordance with Section 240.855 of this Part.  A client is eligible for only one $25.00 exemption regardless of the types or sources of earned or unearned income.

c)         In accordance with provisions of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 120.379, an applicant/client whose spouse (i.e., community spouse) is not receiving CCP services, may divert income to his/her spouse so that the spouse may have exempt income up to the amount exempted by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, at 89 Ill. Adm. Code 120.379(e), for a community spouse.  This income shall be exempt in determining the monthly expense for care to be assessed the CCP applicant/client.

d)         Except for income exempted in accordance with subsection (a) above, all income diverted in accordance with provisions of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 120.379 from a spouse who resides in a long term care facility to a CCP applicant/client shall be considered in determining the monthly expense for the care to be assessed the CCP applicant/client.

(Source:  Amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 9085, effective July 1, 1995)