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§17-1724.1-37 (2) Has worked forty qualifying quarters of coverage as defined under Title II of the Social Security Act or can be credited with such qualifying quarters as provided under 8 U.S.C. §1645. In the case of any such qualifying quarter beginning after December 31,. 1996, the non-citizen must not have received any Federal means-tested public benefit during any such period. (c) The non-citizen's failure to provide information and verification regarding the income of their sponsor and the sponsor's spouse as applicable shall disqualify the non-citizen from receiving medical assistance. (d) The income of a non-citizen's sponsor and the sponsor's spouse shall not be deemed available to a non-citizen for coverage of emergency medical assistance as described in chapter 17-1723.1. (e) Special provisions shall apply in the case of an indigent non-citizen. The deeming of income in subsection (a) shall not be applicable for a twelve- month period from the date a non-citizen is determined to be indigent. 3 2 0 6 f.; (1) The department may determine a non-citizen to be indigent when the non-citizen is unable to obtain food and shelter because the non-citizen's own income plus any cash, food, housing, or other assistance provided by other individuals, including the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse does not exceed one hundred thirty-three per cent of the federal poverty level for the non-citizen's household size; (2) The department will only consider the actual amount contributed by the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse for a twelve month period, which begins on the date of such determination and ends twelve months after such date; (3) Each period of indigence is renewable for additional twelve month periods; and 1724.1-14