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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page xiv Chapter 4 Income
Section Date of Change Chang e Numbe r Sub- section(s) Changed Description of Change
5/1/20
10/20
1/1/2021
2/1/21 5/1/21 1/1/22 1/1/23
4/1/23
1/1/24
3/1/24
6/1/24
1/1/25
4/1/25
786
793
799
800 804 815 830
835
845
848
851
859
862
4.2.1
4.3.1
4.3.1
4.3.1 4.3.1 & 2 4.3.1.85 4.3.1.53 & 62
4.3.1.85
4.3.1.43
4.3.1.92
4.3.2
4.3
4.3.2
4.3.2
4.3.1.85
4.3.1
Discharged Student Loans as included sources of income Added a NOTE: the one-time $1,200 per individual, $2,400 per couple, and $500 per dependent child federal stimulus payment will NOT count as income for non-MAGI categories Added a NOTE: the weekly $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments will not be countable for determining eligibility for Non-MAGI Medicaid categories Added two new income types that are not countable as income for MAGI Medicaid or WVCHIP: $600 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and federal stimulus payments
Wages for Census workers
Updated benefit amount
Census Bureau is excluded for SNAP & WVWORKS Update payments not counted as income. Updated fees Added clarification on how repayments of loans are counted for the lender for SSI-Related Medicaid. Removed section informing about interest paid to lender.
Updated the maximum limit for fees collected by a qualified organization for acting as a representative payee for certain SSI and RSDI recipients. Increased to $52 and $97. Income Tax Refunds: Removed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery Rebates/Economic Impact Payments will not count as income. Unemployment Compensation Insurance: Removed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery Rebates/Economic Impact Payments will not count as income. Unemployment Benefits: Removed the exemption for $600 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments that do not count as income. Updated number amounts Chart 2 - Updated the Countable Sources of Income to reflect an exception to counting income from Alimony Chart 2 - Clarification is being made for MAGI Coverage Groups that AmeriCorps Living Expense income is not a Countable Source of Income but rather an Excluded Source of Income. Updated the maximum limit for fees collected by a qualified organization for acting as a representative payee for certain SSI and RSDI recipients. Increased to $55 and $103. Added policy regarding the use of gift cards issued for medical care and services from a federal, state, or local government.