Weekly policyengine-us update

[policyengine]

Summary

Automated weekly update of policyengine-us.

Related to #1178

Modal Version Release

modal_release:
  new_app_target: frontier
  promote_existing_frontier: true
  cleanup_target: retired

Version Updates

Package	Old Version	New Version
policyengine_us	1.768.1	1.771.2

What Changed (policyengine_us 1.768.1 → 1.771.2)

Added

• Texas $1,500 per-household rebate proposal as a contributed reform.
• Add Virginia's eligible educator expense deduction (up to $500), reinstated for tax year 2026 and after by the 2026 Appropriation Act (HB 30).
• Prorate the income and deductible expenses of SNAP-ineligible household members per 7 CFR 273.11(c) and (d), including full income counting for members sanctioned under the general work requirements, state income counting options for ineligible immigrants, and full exclusion of ineligible students' income. Excluded members no longer confer household-wide elderly or disabled status for the gross income test, shelter deduction cap, and BBCE screens; standard utility allowances are no longer prorated; and non-farm self-employment losses no longer offset other members' income per 7 CFR 273.11(a)(2)(ii). snap_earned_income_person is now a person-level employment income variable and snap_work_requirement_income_proration_fraction is removed.

Changed

• Count CalWORKs vehicle value above the vehicle limit toward the resource limit instead of denying eligibility outright, per CDSS ACLs 25-37 and 26-38.
• Include incapacitated or disabled adult care expenses in the dependent care deductions of 21 state TANF-family cash assistance programs (AK, AL, AZ, DC, DE, GA, HI, IL, KY, MA TAFDC/EAEDC, MD, ME, MN, MO, MT, NH, OK, RI, TX, VA, VT, WV).
• Extend Virginia's 20% refundable EITC through tax year 2029 under the 2026 Appropriation Act (HB 30); it expires (0%) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2030.
• Raise Virginia's standard deduction under the 2026 Appropriation Act (HB 30) to $9,200 single / $18,400 joint for tax year 2027 and $9,300 / $18,600 for tax years 2028-2029, with the sunset to $3,000 / $6,000 moved to tax year 2030.
• Include disabled adult care expenses in the Texas Family Planning Program dependent care deduction, the Hawaii child and dependent care credit, and the Montana child and dependent care expense deduction.
• Include disabled adult care expenses in the SNAP dependent care deduction per 7 CFR 273.9(d)(4); this also extends New York's 200% FPL SNAP BBCE gross income limit to households with adult dependent care costs per NY OTDA 16-ADM-06.
• Update CalWORKs vehicle value limit for July 2025 and July 2026 (CDSS ACLs 25-37 and 26-38), MBSAC income limits for July 2026 (CDSS ACL 26-39), and maximum resource limits for January 2024 and January 2026 (CDSS ACLs 23-71 and 25-65).
• Increase the Oregon Earned Income Tax Credit match to 14% (17% for filers with a dependent under age 3) from tax year 2026 under SB 1507.
• Update New Jersey for the FY2027 budget: increase the child tax credit 25% for tax years 2026-2028, apply the Stay NJ $200,000 income limit and income-tiered benefit caps from tax year 2027, and remove the ANCHOR senior bonus for homeowners from tax year 2025.

Fixed

• Include paid Medicare Part A premiums and Part D IRMAA in SPM medical out-of-pocket expenses, and default Medicare quarters of coverage to 40 so enrollees with unobserved work history are premium-free for Part A.

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