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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |24 Effective Month: July 2025 200A.04.01 $50/$20 PER MONTH GENERAL EXCLUSION A general income exclusion of either $50 or $20 per month is applied based on whether the program operates under liberalized or strict SSI income policy. 200A.04.01A LIBERALIZED POLICY The general exclusion is $50 for the programs subject to liberalized income policy: • Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB) • Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) • Qualifying Individuals (QI) • Working Disabled (WD) • Healthier Mississippi Waiver (HMW) 200A.04.01B SSI POLICY For coverage groups subject to strict SSI income policy, the general exclusion is $20. This includes: • SSI Retro • Katie Beckett Program • Qualified Working Disabled (QWDI) • Disabled Adult Child (DAC)* • Cost of Living (COL)* • OBRA Widow/Widowers* • HR-1* NOTE: *The COEs designated above are allowed other income disregards specific to the coverage group. Eligibility and the amount of these disregards are determined by state office staff upon referral by the regional office. There are currently no recipients on file in the HR-1 COE and additions to this limited mandatory category are unlikely.