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The policies in this section apply to the MA A, MA B, and MA D categories of assistance. An essential person is a person other than the applicant's/recipient's spouse or parent who is considered by the applicant/recipient to be essential to his well-being because such person provides services to the applicant/recipient who would have to be paid for otherwise.13 If a spouse or parent is in the home and able to maintain the home and care for the individual, an essential person cannot be considered in the budget computation. An allocation is made to an essential person if his nonexempt income is less than the income standard in Chapter 3000.14 Relationship-Summary page gathers information that identifies essential persons when the answer is entered on the Relationship-Details page.

3455.05.20 PARENTAL DEEMED INCOME (MED 1) The policies in this section apply to the MA A, MA B, and MA D categories of assistance. Income is deemed from the non-recipient biological or adoptive parent's income when the applicant/recipient is:12 • Living with the parent/s; and • Under age 18 and not receiving Home and Community-Based Services under an approved Medicaid waiver

When the applicant/recipient is a student between the ages of 18 and 21, the parents' income is not deemed. (Effective 1-1-2001). When the applicant/recipient is institutionalized (including hospitalization), income is not deemed from the non-recipient biological or adoptive parents beginning in the month following the month of admission or beginning in the month of birth if the child remains institutionalized/hospitalized in the following month. If the newborn institutionalized child passes away prior to the 30th day of institutionalization, it is assumed to the child would have remained institutionalized for more than 30 days and the parent’s income would not be deemed. See IHCPPM 2406.20.10 regarding residency for individuals under 21 years of age. The institutionalized child must have a valid MRT decision or Social Security disability determination. An allocation is deducted from the income of the parent to his spouse (the applicant's/recipient's stepparent) if the spouse has income of less than the income standard specified for a stepparent in Chapter 3000. The amount to be allocated is the income standard minus the stepparent's nonexempt income remaining after deducting an amount for the stepparent's child (stepsibling of the applicant/recipient) who has income of less than the income standard specified in Chapter 3000. An allocation is not deducted from the income of the applicant's/recipient's parent to the parent's stepchildren.