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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200B – Income: MAGI Categories Page |154

Effective Month: July 2025

200B.04.02 INCOME VERIFICATION RULES – RENEWAL The basic rules for verifying income at the time of MAGI renewals are: • Use electronic data sources, if available, to attempt to verify income so that a renewal can be approved without contacting the household, i.e., an Administrative Ex Parte Renewal can be conducted. Attempt to renew ex parte using SNAP and SVES data first. If Ex Parte cannot be done with SNAP data, move on to FDSH and MDES. Do not use quarterly MDES data or SNAP data if the most recent income reported is over 6-months old. Keep in mind, eligibility cannot be terminated, and children cannot change programs (from Medicaid to CHIP or from CHIP to Medicaid) using electronic data source verification for an Administrative Ex Parte Renewal. • Reasonable compatibility standards do not apply to a renewal. • The pre-populated renewal process requires verification of current income.

When the client must provide paper verification, current wages must be verified. “Current” wages for a renewal are defined as verified monthly wages dated within the following date range: • The calendar month prior to the month the renewal and wage verification is submitted to the agency, • Through the date the renewal or wage information is submitted to the agency.

For example, the renewal is for February 2017 is submitted on January 25, 2017, for a person paid weekly. It is permissible to use 4 consecutive paystubs during the period December 1, 2016, through January 25, 2017. If the recipient in the above example had been paid other than weekly, required verification would be: • A minimum of 2 consecutive paystubs if paid semi-monthly or bi-weekly, • A minimum of 1 paystub if paid monthly.

When a renewal form or income is not returned, the worker must attempt to use available electronic data sources to complete a renewal. Any beneficiaries who could be renewed ex parte must be renewed ex parte. Any clients who would change from