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Page 5 of 9 § 10:71-5.5 Deeming of income living arrangement, is available for deeming equally to other applicant/beneficiary children in the household in addition to their equal shares of the total parental deemable income. The following steps shall apply in treatment of income deemed to a child: 1. Step 1: Combine any income deemed to the eligible child together with any countable income of the eligible child. 2. Step 2: Subtract the $ 20.00 general income exclusion from the child's unearned income. 3. Step 3: If the child's total remaining income is less than the appropriate income eligibility standard in Table B the child is financially eligible for Medicaid Only. The child has no excess deemed income available for other applicant/beneficiary children. 4. Step 4: If, in the process of deeming of income to an applicant/beneficiary child, such child becomes financially ineligible for Medicaid Only, that portion of deemed income that exceeds the appropriate income eligibility standard in Table B shall be divided equally among other applicant/beneficiary children in the household, in addition to their equal shares of the total parental deemable income, and shall be counted in determining financial eligibility for Medicaid Only for such other children. (g) Table A which follows shall be used in deeming computation amounts. Table A will be revised annually in accordance with Federal cost-of-living adjustments made pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1382(f). A notice of administrative changes containing the revisions will be published annually in the New Jersey Register. Table A Deeming Computation Amounts 1. Living allowance for each ineligible child $ 361.00 2. Remaining income amount Head of Receiving Support Household $ 360.50 $ 240.67 3 . Spouse to Spouse Deeming--Eligibility Levels a . Residential Health Care Facility $ 1,820.36 b . Eligible Individual Living Alone or with $ 1,235.00 Ineligible Spouse c . Living Alone or with Others $ 1,113.25