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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |99 Effective Month: September 2018 When calculating the $5000 threshold, do not include burial or insurance or life estate property. Life insurance will be referred only when the estate is the beneficiary. Joint bank accounts, annuities and promissory notes will not be referred to TPL. Generally, assets include home property and other real property or assets that have been excluded in the eligibility determination, other than those listed above. • If a client owned real property (regardless of CMV) or personal property totaling more than $5000, the case record is to be referred to TPL via DOM-TPL-411. • If the client owned no real property and the total value of all personal property (liquid assets) is $5000 or less, complete DOM-TPL-412, and send the form only to TPL. This will let TPL know the client is deceased, but the case record is not being referred to TPL because total assets are below the established threshold. • If a client owned an annuity purchased on or after February 8, 2006, the case is to be referred to TPL via DOM-TPL-411. 102.11 MAGI NON-FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS The non-financial requirements which pertain only to the MAGI-related programs for parent(s)/caretaker relatives, children and pregnant women are discussed in this section. 102.11.01 DEPRIVATION Deprivation is a condition of a dependent child under 18. A dependent child must be deprived of the support of one or both of parents for one of the following reasons: • Death • Continued absence from the home • Physical or mental incapacity (2-parent families only) • Unemployment or Underemployment (2-parent families only) There must be a child or children under age 18 deprived of the support of one of both parents for one of the reasons shown above living in the home in order for the