Section 469-4-007 - TREATMENT OF INCOMEThe following disregards are allowed:
007.01MEDICAL INSURANCE DISREGARDS. A deduction for the cost of medical insurance premiums is allowable in the State Disability Program budget. The cost of premiums for policies that are not considered health insurance are not allowed as a deduction for medical budgeting.007.02GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR FEE. The expense of a guardian or conservator fee is allowed as paid, up to a maximum of $10 per month. If the guardian or conservator is required by the court to purchase a bond and file an annual report with the court, the amount allowed by the court for expenses, in excess of $120, may also be disregarded.007.03REPAYMENT OF STATE DISABILITY MEDICAL BENEFITS PROVIDED IN ERROR. When an error has occurred in the paid amount of State Disability Program Medical benefits received by the recipient because of erroneously reported income, changes in income, or private health insurance premiums, not including Medicare, under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-138, repayment cannot be required unless such benefits were obtained through misrepresentation or fraud. Voluntary repayment in the following situations: (1) The recipient failed to report a change timely and the amount of benefits in error is $76 or more;(2) The recipient reported a change timely but the Department failed to take action in the first month possible and the amount of benefits in error is $251 or more; or(3) The recipient failed to report a change timely and the Department failed to take action in the first month possible with the amount of benefits in error is $251 or more. 007.03(A)AMOUNT OF BENEFITS IN ERROR. The amount of benefits in error for a recipient of the Assistance to the Aged, Blind, Disabled or State Disability grant or medical, or State Disability Program Medical only, but should have been, State Disability Program Medical with a share of C=cost, or who was State Disability Program Medical with share of cost but who should have had a larger share of cost, is the smaller of: (i) The amount of State Disability Program Medical services received for that month; or,(ii) The amount of share of cost in error.469 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 007
Amended effective 6/6/2022