Parent-to-child deeming from stepparents. Final rule.
We are changing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) parent-to-child deeming rules so that we no longer will consider the income and resources of a stepparent when an eligible child resides in the household with a stepparent, but that child's natural or adoptive parent has permanently left the household. These rules respond to a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, codified in Social Security Acquiescence Ruling (AR) 99-1(2), and establish a uniform national policy. Also, we are making uniform the age at which we consider someone to be a "child" in SSI program regulations and are making other minor clarifications to our rules.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D010290:Parents; D012943:Social Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States