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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |97 Effective Month: July 2025 UNEARNED INCOME EXCLUSION Accept the individual’s allegations concerning raising, catching and consuming home produce unless there is reason to question it. Individual Interest in Indian Trust or Restricted Lands Exclusion Including certain Tribal per capita payments and other types of Tribal income distributed or held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior and monies received from the lease or sale of natural resources and rent or lease income resulting from federally protected rights on excluded Indian property. All such payments are considered a converted asset rather than income. NOTE: The $2000 annual income exclusion allowed for eligibles and deemors since January 1, 1994, on monies derived from individual interests in Indian Trust or restricted lands is no longer applicable since all such payments are considered a converted asset. This does not include gaming revenues, such as the Choctaw bonus payments, which are distributed to individuals on a per capita basis. Gaming revenues are countable income. Japanese American and Aleutian Restitution Payments Payments by the US government to individual Japanese Americans or the spouse or parent of an individual of Japanese ancestry and Aleuts who were interned or relocated during WWII. This exclusion also includes payments made by the Canadian government to Japanese Canadians interned or relocated during WWII. These payments are excluded from income and resources. Effective July 2004, interest earned on unspent restitution payments is excluded from income. Nazi Persecution Payments Payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Payments from any source to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution are excluded from income and resources.