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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |20 Effective Month: July 2025 However, if there is a delay in return of the erroneous payment beyond the month following the month of receipt, verify return of the full payment and document the reason for the delay and any other relevant facts. 200A.03.11 WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE Weatherization assistance (insulation, storm doors, windows, etc.) is not income. 200A.03.12 RECEIPT OF CERTAIN NON-CASH ITEMS The value of any noncash items (other than an item of shelter) is not income if the item would become a partially or totally excluded nonliquid resource if retained into the month after the month of receipt. Such non-income items may include, but are not limited to, specially equipped vehicles, automobiles, household goods, and property essential to self-support. Consider these non-income items solely under resource rules. 200A.03.13 WAGE- RELATED PAYMENTS The following payments by an employer are not income unless the funds for them are deducted from the employee’s salary: • Funds the employer uses to purchase qualified benefits under a cafeteria plan • Employer contributions to a health insurance or retirement fund • The employer’s share of FICA taxes or unemployment compensation taxes, in all cases The employee’s share of FICA taxes or unemployment taxes paid by the employer on wages for domestic service in the private home of the employer or for agricultural labor only; to the extent the employee does not reimburse the employer.