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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |26 Effective Month: July 2025 Exclude the following amount which is received either infrequently or irregularly: • The first $30 per calendar quarter of earned income; and • The first $60 per calendar quarter of unearned income. The exclusion can apply to both earned and unearned income in the same month, provided the total does not exceed the limits stated above. Thus, it is possible to exclude as much as $90 in a quarter under this provision when applicable. NOTES: • A single source of earned income is defined as an employer, trade or a business. • A single source of unearned income is defined as an individual, a household, an organization or an investment. • The exclusion is applicable to income received infrequently or irregularly by an eligible, individual, eligible or ineligible spouse, ineligible parent(s) and ineligible children. • The dollar amount of the exclusion does not increase, even if both an eligible individual and spouse (eligible or ineligible) have infrequent or irregular income. • Effective September 8, 2006, if an individual begins receiving a recurring payment (like a Social Security check) in the third month of a quarter, the payment does not meet the definition of infrequent because it will be received in the following month, even though the following month is in another quarter. The same would be true if the recurring payment ended in the first month of a quarter but had been received in the prior month in another quarter. If someone receives UNEARNED income … And… Then its receipt is… No more than once in a calendar quarter from a single source Received the same type of income in the month preceding or following that month even if it is in another calendar quarter Not Infrequent No more than once in a calendar quarter from a single source Did not receive the same type of income in the month preceding or following that month, but in a separate calendar quarter Infrequent