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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |25 Effective Month: July 2025 200A.04.01C APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL EXCLUSION Apply the general exclusion to unearned income first. Any remainder is then applied to any earned income. If there is no unearned income, apply the full general exclusion to earnings before excluding $65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income. 200A.04.01D GENERAL PRINCIPLES The following principles must be considered in regard to the $50/$20 per month general exclusion: • The general exclusion applies to the individual applicant’s or recipient’s own income, which includes income which has been deemed to them. • Only one general exclusion can be applied to the combined income of any couple. A spouse deemor is not allowed a separate deduction from his/her income. • In parent to child deeming situations, the $20 SSI disregard is applied to income of a single parent or combined parental income when a two-parent household is involved. • No other unused unearned income exclusion, except the general exclusion, may be applied to earned income. • The general exclusion is not applied to Income Based on Need (IBON). 200A.04.02 INFREQUENT AND IRREGULAR INCOME EXCLUSION For this exclusion to apply, the earned or unearned income must be received infrequently or irregularly. This provision does not apply to unearned income that is subject to other exclusions, i.e., infrequent or irregular child support, subject to the one-third child support exclusion. • Infrequent Income – Effective September 8, 2006, income is considered to be received infrequently if an individual receives it only once during a calendar quarter from a single source and the individual did not receive that type of income in the month immediately preceding that month or in the month immediately subsequent to that month, regardless of whether these payments occur in different calendar quarters. • Irregular Income – Income is considered to be received irregularly if an individual cannot reasonably expect to receive it.