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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Determinations

Reissued June 30, 2023

Page 4 of H-2000 Replacing February 28, 2020 Revised/added text indicated by underscore

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If the remaining income is less than the QI limit for one person, the applicant/beneficiary is income eligible.

Ineligible Spouse Deeming

If the applicant/beneficiary has an ineligible spouse with income, complete budget Steps 1 through 9 above using only the applicant/beneficiary income. If the income of the applicant/beneficiary is equal to or greater than the QI income limit for one person, the applicant/beneficiary is ineligible and there is no deeming. Consider for Medically Needy Program (MNP).

If the income of the applicant/beneficiary is less than the QI limit for one person, apply deeming policy (See I-1420 Need - Deeming). Go to Step 1 of the couple budget.

Couple

If both members of a couple are potentially eligible, or if there is income remaining in the deeming process, complete the following budget steps:

Step 1. Determine the total gross unearned income by combining the couple’s unearned income.

Note: When deeming income from an ineligible spouse, the income of the ineligible spouse remaining after allocation for ineligible children is combined with the income of the eligible spouse. The couple is then treated the same as an eligible couple for budgeting purposes.

Step 2. Subtract the $20 SSI general income disregard. Step 3. The remainder is the couple’s countable unearned income.

Step 4. Determine the total gross earned income of the couple by combining the couple’s gross earned income.

Step 5. Subtract any remainder of the $20 SSI disregard from gross

earnings.

Step 6. Subtract one earned income deduction from the remaining

gross earnings of the income unit. The earned income

deduction is $65 and one-half of the remainder of the

earnings.