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INCOME TYPE DESCRIPTION

Division of Welfare and Supportive Services E-30037 Medical Assistance Manual TYPES OF EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME 16 Nov 01 MTL 05/16 STUDENT/CHILD EARNED INCOME

1. Earned

2. Conditional Exclusion in

Financial

3. Counted in Patient Liability

4. Taxable- MAGI conditional exclusion MAABD Exclusion: If a child is under 22, not the head of a household, regularly attending school, and has never been married, exclude $1,730 per month not to exceed $6,960 per calendar year.

MAGI Exclusion: Child/tax dependent income is not counted in the tax payers assistance unit unless the child/tax dependent is required to file a tax return.

Earnings of a child/tax dependent are included in their own assistance unit when the child/tax dependent is not included in the same assistance unit as the parent/tax filer claiming them.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

- Copy of check, Form 2074 - School statement STRIKE BENEFITS

1. Unearned

2. Counted in Financial

3. Counted in Patient Liability

4. Taxable Income received from a union as strike or lockout benefits.

Verification:

- Copy of check - Statement from agency paying benefit SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI)

1. Unearned

2. Excluded in Financial

3. Excluded in Patient Liability

4. Non-Taxable Benefits based on need for aged, blind and disabled individuals.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

- SOLQ - SSA Benefit Record - SDX - Copy of award or denial letter

See “Cost of Living Adjustments” (COLAs) for evaluating increases to SSI.