(a) The division shall determine the amount of subsidy provided under § 71-4-1202 by the following formula:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-1204
Division: means the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1201
Personal care assistance services: means services rendered at least five (5) days a week at the times of day that are required by an individual with a severe physical disability to become physically independent in connection with actual employment. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1201
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Individual’s annual gross income, including social security disability income (SSDI), supplemental security income (SSI) and disability pensions;(2) Subtract federal and state income taxes paid from the amount in subdivision (a)(1);(3) Subtract standard federal personal and state income tax exemptions from the remainder in subdivision (a)(2);(4) Subtract F.I.C.A. or mandatory pension contributions from the remainder in subdivision (a)(3);(5) Subtract impairment related work expenses that are incurred by the individual in order to function on a job and that are not reimbursed by a third party from the remainder in subdivision (a)(4);(6) Divide the remainder in subdivision (a)(5) by two (2); and(7) Subtract four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800) from the quotient in subdivision (a)(6).(b) If there is no income remaining after application of the formula in subsection (a), the division shall subsidize full cost for personal care assistance services provided to that individual.(c) If there is income remaining after application of formula in subsection (a), the cost to the division for personal care services provided to that individual shall be reduced by the amount of that income.(d) This program may supplement any other program for which the individual is eligible.
