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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Reissued August 11, 2025

Page 9 of I-1530 Replacing February 17, 2025

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expense from the death benefits.

Note: Count as a resource any part of the death benefit that the applicant/beneficiary has not spent by the first day of the second month after the month of receipt.

Verify the amount of death benefits received by a statement from the payor of the benefit.

Accept the applicant/beneficiary's statement as to the amount of cash given by relatives, friends, or community groups.

DISABILITY PAYMENTS

Count as unearned income.

Exception: Do not count credit disability insurance payments made directly to a loan or mortgage company.

Refer to Sick Pay.

DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Do not count federal assistance received as a result of a federally declared natural disaster.

Exclude as income and resources interest paid on unspent portion.

Assistance from ‘The Road Home Program’ is considered disaster assistance, as it is 100% federally funded and a result of a presidentially declared disaster.

Many types of Pandemic-related assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT), the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) are considered disaster assistance and will be permanently disregarded for SSI-related income and resources for all individuals involved in computation of benefits. The Pandemic-related assistance meeting criteria for disaster assistance exclusions are:

• Economic Impact Payments