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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 139 Chapter 4 Income

GENERAL INCOME INFORMATION FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE GROUPS The following sections contain income information about most Medicaid coverage groups. Adult and Disabled Waiver (ADW), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled (I/DD) Waiver cases are included in Chapter 24, along with information about individuals receiving nursing home and Intermediate Care Facilities /Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) services. Also not found in the following sections is income information about children who receive Adoption Assistance or Foster Care payments. These cases are the responsibility of the Bureau for Children and Families (BCF) Office of Children and Adult Services. 4.6.1 BUDGETING METHOD The following method is used to determine income for the certification period or period of consideration (POC), unless information to the contrary is shown in the remaining sections of this chapter. Eligibility is determined on a monthly basis. Therefore, it is necessary to determine a monthly amount of income to count for the eligibility period. The following information applies to earned and unearned income. For all cases, the Worker must determine the amount of income that can be reasonably anticipated for the assistance group (AG). For all cases, income is projected*; past income is used only when it reflects the income the client reasonably expects to receive during the certification period. When the amount of an anticipated income source is determined by use of an income tax return, it is not necessary to change the method by which that income source is anticipated at each redetermination prior to the next tax return, unless the anticipated income from that source for the upcoming certification period or POC is expected to change. *NOTE: There are two exceptions to this. They are found below in Section 4.6.1.E, Exceptions for Use of Actual Income.