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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Reissued August 11, 2025

Page 23 of I-1530 Replacing February 17, 2025

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Other Types

Count as unearned income in the month of receipt.

Note: Refer to I-1630 Need - SSI-Related Resources, Lump Sum Payments, for lump sums retained after the month of receipt.

MIGRANT WORKER INCOME

Count as earned income.

MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Count as earned income:

• Military pay,

• Allowances for quarters, housing, and food,

• Base pay, and

• Flight pay.

Count allotments for dependents as unearned income.

MINERAL RIGHTS

Count income from mineral rights as unearned income in the month of receipt.

Refer to I-1630 Need - SSI-Related Resources, Property.

MORTGAGES AND PROMISSORY NOTES

Count as unearned income interest payments received on mortgages and promissory notes.

The portion of the payment received which represents repayment of the principal is not counted as income. It is counted as a resource that