Sec.17b-198-4. Rules for forming the assistance unit and needs group

(a) Assistance unit composition. Each person requesting or receiving assistance pursuant to SAGA shall be designated a one-member assistance unit, regardless of whether such person lives with a spouse, family member or other person who is requesting and eligible for assistance pursuant to SAGA.

(b) Needs group composition. To determine whether an assistance unit meets asset and income requirements for assistance pursuant to SAGA, as described in sections 17b-198-8 and 17b-198-9 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and for the purpose of calculating the appropriate level of assistance for an eligible assistance unit, as described in section 17b-198-10 of said regulations, the department shall consider the assets and income of each member of the needs group to which the assistance unit member belongs. The needs group shall consist of the assistance unit member and his or her spouse, except that, whenever an assistance unit member and his or her spouse separate and no longer live together, such spouse shall be excluded from such member's needs group on the first day of the month following the month in which such spouse and member cease living together.

(Effective October 11, 2016)