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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Reissued August 11, 2025

Page 16 of I-1530 Replacing February 17, 2025

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payment, including reference to the applicable federal statute that provides for the payment or the alleged SSI income/resource exclusion.

INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANT ASSISTANCE

Do not count.

INHERITANCE

Inheritance is cash, a right, or a non-cash item(s) received as the result of someone's death.

Consider an inheritance as income in the month received. Receipt is deemed to be the day of death in the case of a direct descendant, or when there is an uncontested will designating the individual as the beneficiary.

Refer to Death Benefit.

IN-KIND INCOME

In-kind income is third party noncash payments that are not a basic need (food and/or shelter), but can be sold or converted by an individual to meet their basic needs. See In-Kind Support and Maintenance for payments that are food or shelter.

Count payments made directly to an individual for meeting basic needs as unearned income.

Count in-kind payments made in lieu of cash wages as earned income, except when made to agricultural or domestic employees, which are not counted. Count maintenance obligation on rent-free shelter as self-employment income in-kind.

Exceptions: Do not count in-kind contributions used to supplement the personal care needs of an LTC beneficiary.

Do not count in-kind income to individuals receiving Long Term Care throughout a month: