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- $55 (personal needs allowance) - $90 (VA allowance) _________________________________ $ 495 patient liability amount
Example 9 Melvin is a veteran residing at the State Veterans Home at King. He has a spouse residing in the community. His total monthly income consists of a $1,400 monthly Social Security benefit and a $410 monthly VA pension ($200 of which is for UME). The portion of the VA pension that is for UME is totally disregarded for both his Medicaid eligibility and patient liability calculation. $1,400 Social Security + $410 VA pension - $200 UME (disregarded) _________________________________ = $1,610 budgetable income 15.3.27 Wartime Relocation of Citizens Disregard restitution payments under PL 100-383 to individual Japanese-Americans (or their survivors) and Aleuts who were interned or relocated during World War II. There is no child support and maintenance disregard for Medicaid. 15.3.28 Wisconsin Works Payments Disregard W-2 stipends and payments, including Case Management Follow-up Plus (CMF+) payments, made directly to a member as part of his or her participation in W-2. Earnings obtained through W-2’s subsidized employment programs, such as Trial Jobs or Transform Milwaukee Jobs, are countable earned income. 15.3.29 Subsidized Guardianship Payments Disregard subsidized guardianship payments. 15.3.30 Certain Payment Types Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic There is no uniform policy for how to count payment types related to the COVID-19 pandemic; some payment types are counted as income and some payment types are not counted as income. The criteria used to evaluate whether a payment type is counted as income include: • The text of the federal law that authorized the payment type. • Guidance received from federal agencies. • Whether the payment can be considered “disaster assistance.” The payment types that do not count as income include but are not limited to: • Federal recovery rebates (sometimes referred to as Coronavirus stimulus payments or economic impact payments) issued by the IRS in response to the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. • Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments. • Retroactive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments. • Retroactive Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) payments. • Retroactive Extended Benefits (EB) unemployment compensation payments. • We’re All In Small Business Grants.