20 CFR 416.1170
§ 416.1170 General.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.1170, § 416.1170 General, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79575
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(a) What the alternative is. If you are blind and meet the requirements in § 416.1171, we use one of two rules to see how much countable income you have. We use whichever of the following rules results in the lower amount of countable income:
(1) The SSI income exclusions in §§ 416.1112 and 416.1124; or
(2) The disregards that would have applied under the State plan for October 1972.
(b) State plan. As used in this subpart, State plan for October 1972 means a State plan for providing assistance to the blind under title X or XVI (AABD) of the Social Security Act. That plan must have been approved under the provisions of 45 CFR chapter II as in effect for October 1972.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.