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In calculating a household’s countable income under 7 AAC 100.180(b), the department will deduct

(1) $90 from the total gross monthly earned income of each individual included in the household who is employed and has not received Medicaid benefits in the state in any of the four months immediately preceding that individual’s current eligibility for assistance under this chapter;

(2) $150 from the total gross monthly earned income, plus 33 percent of any remaining earned income, of each individual included in the household who is employed and has received Medicaid benefits in the state in any of the four months, including retroactive months under 7 AAC 100.072, immediately preceding that individual’s current eligibility for assistance under this chapter; and

(3) child support payments made by an individual whose income is considered available to the household. (Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.020 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 100.186. Incapacitated-parent and child-care disregard. (a) In calculating a household’s countable income under 7 AAC 100.180(b), the department will disregard, as a necessary cost of earning income, the anticipated cost for the care of a child or incapacitated parent whose financial needs are included in the Family Medicaid eligibility determination, if the anticipated cost is expected to be paid by an individual whose financial needs are included in the Family Medicaid eligibility determination, subject to the following limitations:

(1) the department will disregard only the charges for an individual’s anticipated hours of work plus reasonable direct commuting time, if the care provider charges by the hour;

(2) the department will disregard up to

(A) $200 each month for each dependent child under two years of age whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility;

(B) $175 each month for each dependent child two years of age or older whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility; and

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In calculating a household’s countable income under 7 AAC 100.180(b), the department will deduct

(1) the department will disregard only the charges for an individual’s anticipated hours of work plus reasonable direct commuting time, if the care provider charges by the hour;

(2) the department will disregard up to

(A) $200 each month for each dependent child under two years of age whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility;

(B) $175 each month for each dependent child two years of age or older whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility; and