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§17-1724.1-55 (B) Actual changes in income and circumstances, as required to be reported by the household, including deviations from reasonably anticipated fluctuations in income, shall be acted upon by the department. (b) The department shall determine the current and future household monthly income or the projected annual household income and household size for an applicant or beneficiary. The department shall adopt a reasonable percentage for an increase or decrease in income, and take into account verifying financial information with the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) data and whether the IEVS income causes the total combined countable household income (IEVS income plus all previously reported income) to be above or below the medical assistance standard for the appropriate household size as described in chapter 17- 1714.1: (1) The department shall continue to use the self-attested income amount when: (A) The IEVS income amount is below or at ten per cent of the self-attested income amount, even if the total combined countable household's income exceeds the medical assistance income standard for the applicable household size; or (B) The IEVS income is above ten percent of the self-attested amount but the total combined countable household's income remains at or below the medical assistance standard; or (2) The department shall request for additional information from the household when the IEVS income differs more than ten per cent of the self-attested income amount. A change in the total combined countable household income requires the household to be redetermined under the appropriate category and medical assistance standard for the applicable household size. The department 1724.1-35 3206