(1) For the purposes of section 914 or 914A, a person is taken to receive a social security payment at a rate greater than nil even if the person's rate would be nil merely because:
(a) an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force; or
(b) the person has been paid an advance pharmaceutical allowance under the social security law.
(2) For the purposes of section 914 or 914A, if a social security payment is payable to a person because of subsection 23(1D), the person is taken to receive that payment at a rate greater than nil.