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Page 4 of 5 § 10:72-4.1 Income eligibility limits Applicant for Medicaid whose only monthly income was $ 1,193 in Social Security Disability Income was not eligible for Medicaid because his income exceeded the $ 1,005 income limit for an individual. Since he was not income eligible in his own right, the deeming of any other household income was unnecessary. E.M. v. Essex Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 09002-18, 2018 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1296, Final Agency Determination (November 13, 2018). Medicaid applicant who was subject to a garnishment order requiring him to pay $ 850 monthly in child support was ineligible for Medicaid. There was no legal basis on which the applicant might deduct the $ 850 in child support from his income in order to reduce that income to an amount that was less than $ 1105, being the Medicaid income eligibility limit. M.T. v. Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 12856-17, 2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 767, Initial Decision (October 3, 2017). Application for Medicaid was properly denied because the applicant's monthly income exceeded the eligibility limits imposed under applicable law. P.V. v. Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 15779-16, 2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 95, Initial Decision (February 14, 2017). County's denial of Medicaid benefits sought by a 64 year old man who was permanently disabled and was receiving Social Security disability benefits was rejected by an ALJ on findings that the county's reliance on N.J.A.C. 10:72-4.1 was incorrect because that regulation did not apply to expanded Medicaid. The applicant's monthly income, including disability benefits, was $ 1,184, which was less than the $ 1,367 ceiling under expanded Medicaid, being the standard utilized in N.J.A.C. 10:71-5.4. That being so, the county erred in determining that the applicant was ineligible. M.E. v. Somerset Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 12950-16, 2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 64, Initial Decision (January 30, 2017). Household income of a 66-year old single male exceeded the ceiling for unearned income and disqualified him for Medicaid benefits because the amount of his monthly Social Security check that was deducted to pay the premium for Medicare Part B coverage was required to be included in the determination of countable income. S.B. v. Somerset Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 08799-16, 2016 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 758, Initial Decision (September 12, 2016). Determination by county board of social services that a Medicaid recipient's eligibility for benefits was being terminated based on his income was supported by the record because his pension income exceeded the maximum amount for program eligibility, which was $ 981 monthly. The recipient was a Chinese national who was a permanent U.S. resident and who was entitled to receive a monthly pension of 1621.25 RMB (Renminbi) from a Chinese university. Regardless of what exchange rate was used to convert RMB into U.S. dollars, the recipient's income still exceeded the maximum for the Medicaid program. Y.C. v. Somerset Cty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 03534-15, 2015 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 319, Initial Decision (June 8, 2015). Determination by DMAHS and a county board of social services that a recipient of Medicaid benefits was not entitled to such benefits due to monthly income that exceeded the monthly cap was not supported by the evidence and should be reversed. When a routine redetermination revealed that the applicant was receiving Social Security income in the monthly amount of $ 1,033, which exceeded the maximum allowable monthly income of $ 973, his benefits were terminated. However, the applicant established that he has been hospitalized for the last two years and that during that period he received an overpayment of his Social Security benefits. That overpayment was being recouped at the rate of $ 168 monthly. The recipient's monthly Social Security income thus should have been adjusted to $ 865 monthly for the period during which the arrearage was being recouped. Since that amount was less than the $ 973 monthly income ceiling, the recipient in fact was eligible for Medicaid benefits. A.O. v. DMAHS and Cumberland Cty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 1893-15, 2015 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 154, Initial Decision (March 17, 2015). Medicaid recipient's benefits under the Medically Needy Program were properly terminated because his income exceeded the limit set forth in N.J.A.C. 10:72-4.1(b). In his timely submitted Redetermination Form, he indicated that his gross income was $ 996 per month. After applying a deduction and an exclusion, as noted on the New