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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200B – Income: MAGI Categories Page |157

Effective Month: July 2025

200B.05 MAGI INCOME LIMITS Household income is compared to the appropriate MAGI Need Standard for each individual based on family size. MAGI limits use various federal poverty levels or state established limits converted to MAGI-equivalent limits, as described in 101.02, Coverage of the Categorically Needy in Mississippi, in Chapter 101. The following chart lists the COE (Category of Eligibility), the federal poverty level or state set limit the category uses as the income limit as set by federal and/or state law, the applicability of the 5% disregard to the category and the MAGI-equivalent limit:

COE FPL LIMIT 5% DISREGARD MAGI EQUIVALENT LIMIT 071 – Children to Age 1 185% Applies 194% FPL 072 – Children Age 1 to Age 6 133% Applies 143% FPL 073 – Children Age 6 to Age 19 100% DOES NOT APPLY 107% FPL 074 – Children Age 6 to Age 19 133% Applies N/A – 133% FPL is limit 075 – Parent(s) & Caretaker Relatives State set limit Applies State set limit 088 – Pregnant Women 185% Applies 194% FPL 029 – Family Planning Waiver 185% Applies 194% FPL

MAGI Need Standards are subject to revision in March of each year, based on an increase in the federal poverty level. The 100% FPL is the standard for all FPL limits and the standard used to calculate the 5% disregard. Unless or until Need Standards change:

• Use the need standards for the previous year until the current year’s need standards are published, and • Use the previous year’s income for a household against the previous year’s need standard until the current year’s need standards are published.