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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Issued April 18, 2022

Page 5 of H-700 Replacing November 1, 2000

Deleted text indicated by “**” Revised/added text indicated by underscore C. Determine Need/Countable Income

Individual

If the applicant/beneficiary is an individual with no spouse or with an ineligible spouse with no income, go to Step 1.

Parent(s) to Child Deeming

If the applicant/beneficiary is a minor child, apply deeming policy I- 1424.2, Need – Deeming. Any income deemed from the parent(s) is considered unearned income of the applicant/beneficiary in the individual steps. Go to Step 1.

Note: If there is more than one eligible child in the household, divide the income deemed from the parent(s) equally among them.

Exception: Deeming of income or resources is not applicable to newborns who have never been discharged from the hospital and are expected to remain in the hospital for more than 30 days. Deeming is only applicable the month after the newborn is discharged. Refer to I-1422, When Deeming is Not Applicable and G-1620, Simplified Disability Decisions for Infants.

Note: Consider eligibility for children under age 19 in a MAGI Child group before SSI Retroactive Medicaid.

Complete the following budget steps:

Step 1. Determine total countable unearned income.

Note: In-kind support and maintenance (ISM) is counted for the SSI Retroactive Medicaid program. (For more information on ISM, see I-1534 Types of Income - SSI Related).

Step 2. Subtract $20 SSI disregard from unearned income.

Step 3. The remainder is the countable unearned income.