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24.1 SSI Related Medicaid Introduction SSI-related Medicaid is the basic Medicaid program for individuals who are elderly, blind, or disabled and who are not receiving SSI. SSI-related individuals must meet Medicaid nonfinancial eligibility requirements (see SECTION 4.1 WHO IS NONFINANCIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID?). SSI-related Medicaid has the lowest income and asset limits of all EBD Medicaid programs/categories. It has two income limits which are referred to as the "categorically needy" limit and the "medically needy" limit (see SECTION 39.4.1 ELDERLY, BLIND, OR DISABLED ASSETS AND INCOME TABLES for the SSI-related categorically needy and medically needy income limits). Categorically Needy A fiscal test group with countable net income that does not exceed the categorically needy income limit passes the SSI-related Medicaid categorically needy income test. Medically Needy If a fiscal test group’s countable net income exceeds the categorically needy income limit, their income is then compared to the medically needy limit of 100% FPL. If the fiscal group’s countable net income is between the categorically needy limit and the medically needy limit, the group passes the Medicaid SSI- related medically needy income test. Deductible If a fiscal group’s countable net income exceeds the medically needy income limit, they can still qualify for Medicaid by meeting a deductible, if otherwise eligible (see SECTION 24.2 MEDICAID DEDUCTIBLE INTRODUCTION and SECTION 24.5 CALCULATING THE DEDUCTIBLE). This page last updated in Release Number: 22-01 Release Date: 04/04/2022 Effective Date: 04/04/2022 24.2 Medicaid Deductible Introduction When a Medicaid applicant is ineligible for Medicaid solely because he or she has income that exceeds the Medicaid medically needy income limit, he or she can become eligible by meeting the Medicaid deductible. "Meeting the Medicaid deductible" means incurring medical costs that equal the dollar amount of the deductible. The Medicaid deductible is the group's total excess monthly income over the 6 consecutive months of the Medicaid deductible period (See 24.3 DEDUCTIBLE PERIOD). "Excess monthly income" is the amount which is above the group's monthly medically needy income limit. This page last updated in Release Number: 08-01 Release Date: 02/01/2008 Effective Date: 02/01/2008 24.3 Deductible Period The Medicaid deductible period is a period of six consecutive months. It is the length of time the group has for meeting the Medicaid deductible. See SECTION 5.9.5 ELIGIBILITY for an exception to the six-month