Kansas Family Medical Assistance
Manual (KFMAM)
Eligibility Policy - 7/28/2024
5450
5451 Vendor Payments - Money payments that are not payable directly to a household but are paid to a third party for a household expense are vendor payments and exempted as income. A vendor payment is defined as a payment made in money on behalf of a household shall be considered a vendor payment whenever a person or organization outside of the household uses its own funds to make a direct payment to either the household's creditors or a person or organization providing a service to the household. For example, if a relative or friend, who is not a household member, pays the household's rent directly to the landlord, the payment is considered a vendor payment and is not counted as income to the household. Similarly, rent or mortgage payments, made to landlords or mortgagees by HUD or by state or local housing authorities, are other examples of vendor payments and are also exempted.