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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual

Eligibility Factors Issued March 31, 2026

Page 6 of I-1400 Replacing October 16, 2025 Revised/added text indicated by underscore

Deleted text indicated by “” Spouse The legal or non-legal husband or wife of: • An eligible individual; or • The parent of an eligible child. An eligible spouse is a spouse who is aged, blind or disabled. An ineligible spouse is a spouse who is not aged, blind or disabled.

I-1422 WHEN DEEMING IS NOT APPLICABLE

In the non-MAGI-related eligibility groups, deeming does not apply in situations where a family does not have a residence. For example, if a family lives in a car because they cannot afford shelter, neither spouse-to-spouse nor parent-to-child deeming would apply.

Deeming of income or resources is not applicable: • From a child to a parent or siblings; • To newborns that have never been discharged from the hospital and are expected to remain in the hospital for more than thirty (30) days; • To children that receive long-term care (LTC) or home and community-based services (HCBS) after the first calendar month of admission; • To children that are discharged from a facility to his home to receive HCBS in the month of admission; • To children with severe emotional disturbance that receive services in the Coordinated System of Care-Severely Emotionally Disturbed (CSoC-SED) waiver; and • From sponsor to non-citizen when: o The disability or illness of the non-citizen begins after the date of entry into the U.S.; o The non-citizen is residing in the U.S. under the Permanent Residence Under Color of Law (PRUCOL) legal category; o The sponsor is an organization; or o The non-citizen's sponsor is also the non-citizen's spouse and is eligible for SSI.