16-001.08B Delay in Counting RSDI Increase

After the annual Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI) cost of living adjustment (COLA), if a client would go from Medicaid only status to Medicaid excess because his/her income exceeds the Federal Poverty Level, the current RSDI amount shall be used. The month after the month that the new FPL figures are published, the client's eligibility shall be determined by comparing the increased RSDI benefit to the new FPL guidelines. The delayed COLA provision applies only if the RSDI increase would cause the client to have excess income. If there is an increase in other unearned income or the client begins receiving other unearned income in the same month as the COLA in RSDI benefits, the delayed COLA provisions do not apply.