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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Issued January 7, 2026 Page 15 of I-1550 Replacing November 13, 2025

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 WORK STUDY PROGRAM Count payments as unearned income in the month of receipt.

Do not consider the following types of income for MAGI budgeting:

 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE Disregard amounts paid or expenses incurred by the employer.

 AGENT ORANGE SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS

 ALIMONY Do not count payments ordered by a judgement dated on or after January 1, 2019.

 AMERICAN INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN CLAIMS AND LANDS This includes: o Distributions from Alaska Native Corporations and Settlement Trusts; o Distributions from any property held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior; o Distributions and payments from rents, leases, rights of way, royalties, usage rights, or natural resource extraction and harvest from:  Rights of ownership or possession in any lands held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior; or  Federally protected rights regarding off-reservation hunting, fishing, gathering, or usage of natural resources; o Distributions resulting from real property ownership interests related to natural resources and improvements:  Located on or near a reservation or within the most recent boundaries of a prior federal reservation; or