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Title 8: Medicaid Table of Contents Chapter E: Income Revised May 22, 2026 Page 1 Page Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Overview .................................................................................................................................... 1 Verification of Income ......................................................................................................... 1 Non-MAGI-Related Income Limits ...................................................................................... 2 State Supplementary Assistance Income Limits ................................................................. 3 Income Policies for Non-MAGI-Related Coverage Groups ................................................... 3 What Is Income .................................................................................................................. 3 What Is Not Considered Income ......................................................................................... 4 Projecting Future Income ................................................................................................... 4 Determining Joint Ownership of Income ............................................................................. 5 Deeming Non-MAGI-Related Income ................................................................................. 6 Deeming from an Ineligible Spouse ............................................................................ 7 Deeming from an Ineligible Parent to an Eligible Child ............................................... 9 Types of Non-MAGI-Related Income ..................................................................................... 11 AIDS/HIV Settlement Payments ....................................................................................... 11 Adoption Assistance Subsidy ........................................................................................... 12 Annuities ........................................................................................................................... 12 AmeriCorps Payments ...................................................................................................... 13 Assistance Payments ....................................................................................................... 13 Benefit and Other Payments Made in Error ...................................................................... 13 Blood Plasma ................................................................................................................... 14 Census Income ................................................................................................................ 14 Child Student’s Earnings .................................................................................................. 14 Child Support .................................................................................................................... 15 Civil Service Annuity ......................................................................................................... 16 Dedicated Accounts .......................................................................................................... 16 Disaster Assistance .......................................................................................................... 17 Dividends .......................................................................................................................... 18 Earned Income Credit ....................................................................................................... 19 Educational Assistance .................................................................................................... 19 Emergency Energy Conservation Services Assistance .................................................... 21 Employer’s Benefits .......................................................................................................... 21 Expenses of Obtaining Income ......................................................................................... 21 Experience Works Income ................................................................................................ 22 Federal Department of Labor Payments ........................................................................... 22 Food and Shelter Received During a Medical Confinement ............................................. 23 Food Programs (Federal) ................................................................................................. 23 Foster Care Payments ...................................................................................................... 23 Garnishments and Other Withholdings ............................................................................. 23 General Assistance Payments ......................................................................................... 24 Gifts .................................................................................................................................. 24 Green Thumb Income ....................................................................................................... 24