shall for the purposes of this title consider the student aid index as equal to −$1,500 for the applicant. (d) Special rule for recipients of means-Tested benefits For an applicant (including the student, the student’s parent, or the student’s spouse, as applicable) who at any time during the previous 24-month period was a recipient of a means-tested Federal benefit program, the Secretary shall consider an applicant to automatically have a student aid index equal to zero, except if the applicant has a calculated student aid index of less than zero the Secretary shall consider the negative number as the student aid index for the applicant. (e) Means-Tested Federal benefit program In this section, the term means-tested Federal benefit program means any of the following: (1) The supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). (2) The supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). (3) The program of block grants for States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). (4) The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ). (5) The Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). . (c) Determination of student aid index Section 474 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087nn ) is amended to read as follows: 474. Determination of student aid index The student aid index— (1) for a dependent student shall be determined in accordance with section 475