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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 20 - Employees' Benefits |
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Chapter III - Social Security Administration |
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Part 416 - Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled |
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Subpart K - Income |
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Alternative Income Counting Rules for Certain Blind Individuals |
§ 416.1170 - General.
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§ 416.1170 General.
(a) What the alternative is. If you are blind and meet the requirements in § 416.1171, we use one of two rules to see how much countable income you have. We use whichever of the following rules results in the lower amount of countable income:
(1) The SSI income exclusions in §§ 416.1112 and 416.1124; or
(2) The disregards that would have applied under the State plan for October 1972.
(b) State plan. As used in this subpart, State plan for October 1972 means a State plan for providing assistance to the blind under title X or XVI (AABD) of the Social Security Act. That plan must have been approved under the provisions of 45 CFR chapter II as in effect for October 1972.