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§17-1724.2-4.l (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 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 as defined in this subsection. (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 applicable household size; (2) The department will only consider the actual amount of income contributed by the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse for a twelve-month period, which begins on the date of such determination of indigent status and ends twelve months after such date; (3) Each period of indigence is renewable for additional twelve month periods; and (4) The department must notify the federal Attorney General of each such determination, including the names of the sponsor and the sponsored non-citizen involved. (f) Special provisions in the case of a non- citizen battered spouse or child. Deeming of income of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse described in subsection (a) shall not apply for a twelve-month period if the non-citizen who was subjected to the 1724.2-7