[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR418]

[Page 1189]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 418_MEDICARE SUBSIDIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Medicare Part D Subsidies
 
Sec.  418.3345  How do we determine the value of in-kind support and 
maintenance?

    (a) You can receive in-kind support and maintenance, such as food 
and shelter, if you live alone, with others, or in a facility, or in an 
institution. The amount of income you derive from in-kind support and 
maintenance is the current market value of the food and shelter provided 
to you and your living-with spouse by someone other than you or your 
living-with spouse. Shelter includes room, rent, mortgage payments, real 
property taxes, heating fuel, gas, electricity, water, sewerage, and 
garbage collection services.
    (b) The maximum amount of income we count from in-kind support and 
maintenance during a month is limited to one-third of the monthly SSI 
Federal benefit rate for an eligible individual (as described in Sec.  
416.410 of this chapter) that is in effect for the period for which you 
are applying or are eligible for a subsidy. If you are married and 
living with your spouse, the maximum amount of income you and your 
spouse receive from in-kind support and maintenance during a month is 
limited to one-third of the monthly SSI Federal benefit rate for an 
eligible couple (as described in Sec.  416.412 of this chapter). If the 
current market value of the in-kind support and maintenance you receive 
is less than one-third of the applicable monthly SSI Federal benefit 
rate, we count only the current market value as income.