Prorate income and expenses of SNAP-ineligible household members (7 CFR 273.11(c))

changelog.d/snap-ineligible-member-income.added.md

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+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.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/ineligible_members/count_all_income_states.yaml

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+description: These states count all rather than all but a prorated share of the income of household members who are ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program based on certain immigration statuses.
+values:
+  # Elections as documented in the State Options Report, 16th Edition
+  # (current as of October 1, 2023); earlier editions not verified.
+  2018-01-01:
+    - AZ
+    - GU
+    - ID
+    - IN
+    - KS
+    - ME
+    - MA
+    - TN
+    - UT
+metadata:
+  label: SNAP ineligible member full income counting states
+  period: year
+  unit: list
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.11(c)(3)(i)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.11#c_3_i
+    - title: SNAP State Options Report, 16th Edition
+      href: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf#page=15

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/ineligible_members/gross_test_full_count_states.yaml

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+description: These states count all of the income of household members who are ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program based on certain immigration statuses under the gross income test, while counting all but a prorated share under the net income test.
+values:
+  # Elections as documented in the State Options Report, 16th Edition
+  # (current as of October 1, 2023); earlier editions not verified.
+  2018-01-01:
+    - AR
+    - HI
+    - KY
+    - NC
+metadata:
+  label: SNAP ineligible member gross income test full counting states
+  period: year
+  unit: list
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.11(c)(3)(i)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.11#c_3_i
+    - title: SNAP State Options Report, 16th Edition
+      href: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf#page=15

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/ineligible_members/pre_prwora_statuses.yaml

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+description: The Department of Agriculture grants states discretion over counting the income of household members who are ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to these immigration statuses.
+values:
+  2018-01-01:
+    # Statuses outside the excepted categories of 7 CFR 273.11(c)(3)(i)(A)-(G),
+    # for which states elect full counting, proration, or full counting under
+    # the gross income test only.
+    - UNDOCUMENTED
+    - DACA
+    - TPS
+    # Conditional entrants (INA 203(a)(7)) are not listed in the excepted
+    # categories of 273.11(c)(3)(i)(A)-(G).
+    - CONDITIONAL_ENTRANT
+metadata:
+  label: SNAP ineligible member state income counting discretion immigration statuses
+  period: year
+  unit: list
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.11(c)(3)(i)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.11#c_3_i
+    - title: 7 USC 2015(f) - Aliens
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#f
+    - title: SNAP State Options Report, 16th Edition
+      href: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf#page=15

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/earned.yaml

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-description: Income sources that count as earned income for SNAP
+description: Person-level income sources that count as earned income for SNAP
 
 values:
   2009-01-01:
     - employment_income
-    - snap_self_employment_income_after_expense_deduction
+    # Self-employment income after the expense deduction is computed at the
+    # SPM unit level and attributed to members in snap_earned_income and
+    # snap_gross_test_income.
 metadata:
   reference:
-    - title: United States Code, Title 7, Subsection 273.9(b)(1)
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(1)
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#b_1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

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-description: Income sources that count as unearned income for SNAP
+description: Person-level income sources that count as unearned income for SNAP
 
 values:
   2009-01-01:
     # (i)
     - ssi
-    - tanf
     - general_assistance
     # (ii)
     - pension_income # Includes annuities.
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ values:
     - disability_benefits
     - workers_compensation
     - social_security
+    - survivor_benefits
     - retirement_distributions
     # Assume all rental income meets this criteria (rest is earned):
     # "gross income minus the cost of doing business derived from rental
@@ -22,16 +22,15 @@ values:
     # (iii)
     - child_support_received
     - alimony_income
-    - financial_assistance
-    - survivor_benefits
     # (iv) educational assistance is countable only after educational
     # exclusions. Keep it out until the excluded share is modeled.
     # (v)
     - dividend_income
     - interest_income
+    - financial_assistance
     - miscellaneous_income
 
 metadata:
   reference:
-    - title: United States Code, Title 7, Subsection 273.9(b)(2)
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#b_2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/unearned_spm_unit.yaml

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+description: SPM unit-level income sources that count as unearned income for SNAP
+
+values:
+  2009-01-01:
+    # (i) Unit-level assistance payments are counted in full since they
+    # cannot be attributed to an individual ineligible member.
+    - tanf
+
+metadata:
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#b_2

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/tanf/non_cash/is_tanf_non_cash_hheod.yaml

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 - name: California doesn't use HHEOD, but by default having any satisfies the requirement.
   period: 2022
   input:
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
   output:
     is_tanf_non_cash_hheod: true

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/tanf/non_cash/meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - name: "California gross income limit is 200% of FPL"
   period: 2022
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 2.05
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 2.05
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
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     state_code: NC
   output:
     snap_gross_income: 2_550
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.95
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.95
     # Gross income limit is 200% of FPL, so this should be true.
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: CO has BBCE at 200% FPL (bug fix verification)
   period: 2024-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.95
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.95
     state_code: CO
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: CO rejects income above 200% FPL
   period: 2024-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 2.05
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 2.05
     state_code: CO
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
 - name: MS has no BBCE (non-BBCE state, bug fix verification)
   period: 2024-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 0.5
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 0.5
     state_code: MS
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
 - name: IN has BBCE at 130% FPL
   period: 2024-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.25
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.25
     state_code: IN
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: NY without earned income, dependent care, or elderly/disabled status is capped at 130% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.45
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.45
     snap_earned_income: 0
     snap_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     state_code: NY
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
 - name: NY with earned income is eligible through 150% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.45
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.45
     snap_earned_income: 1
     snap_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     state_code: NY
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: NY with earned income is ineligible above 150% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.55
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.55
     snap_earned_income: 1
     snap_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     state_code: NY
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
 - name: NY with dependent care expenses is eligible through 200% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
     snap_earned_income: 0
     snap_dependent_care_deduction: 1
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     state_code: NY
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
     spm_units:
       spm_unit:
         members: [person1, person2]
-        snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+        snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
         snap_earned_income: 0
-        has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+        has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     households:
       household:
         members: [person1, person2]
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
     spm_units:
       spm_unit:
         members: [person1, person2]
-        snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+        snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
         snap_earned_income: 0
-        has_usda_elderly_disabled: false
+        has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: false
     households:
       household:
         members: [person1, person2]
@@ -146,19 +146,19 @@
 - name: NY elderly or disabled household is eligible through 200% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
     snap_earned_income: 0
     snap_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     state_code: NY
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: AL all elderly or disabled household is eligible through 200% FPL
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     has_all_usda_elderly_disabled: true
     state_code: AL
   output:
@@ -167,45 +167,75 @@
 - name: AK elderly or disabled household had no BBCE through ERS coverage
   period: 2020
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     state_code: AK
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false
 
 - name: CO elderly or disabled household had 200% FPL BBCE before the general limit changed
   period: 2016-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     state_code: CO
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: ID elderly or disabled household has no BBCE gross income test
   period: 2026-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 2.5
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 2.5
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     state_code: ID
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: MS elderly or disabled household had no BBCE gross income test before BBCE ended
   period: 2016-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 2.5
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 2.5
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     state_code: MS
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
 
 - name: WV all elderly or disabled household had 200% FPL BBCE before the general limit changed
   period: 2016-01
   input:
-    snap_gross_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
-    has_usda_elderly_disabled: true
+    snap_gross_test_income_fpg_ratio: 1.9
+    has_snap_elderly_disabled_member: true
     has_all_usda_elderly_disabled: true
     state_code: WV
   output:
     meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: true
+
+- name: NC full-count alien income flips the BBCE gross screen where the prorated income would pass
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    people:
+      person1:
+        age: 35
+        employment_income: 48_000
+        employment_income_before_lsr: 48_000
+        immigration_status: UNDOCUMENTED
+      person2:
+        age: 33
+      person3:
+        age: 8
+    spm_units:
+      spm_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2, person3]
+    households:
+      household:
+        members: [person1, person2, person3]
+        state_code: NC
+  output:
+    # North Carolina fully counts the alien's income under gross screens
+    # (7 CFR 273.11(c)(3)(i)) while prorating it on the net side. The
+    # full $4,000 monthly income exceeds NC's 200% FPL BBCE limit for the
+    # 2-person unit, though the prorated $2,666.67 would have passed.
+    snap_gross_income: 2_666.67
+    snap_gross_test_income: 4_000
+    meets_tanf_non_cash_gross_income_test: false