Volume IVA OMTL-293
Medicaid and State Supplementation R. 5/1/08
MS 4240 APPLICANT WITH INELIGIBLE SPOUSE
For a couple, when one loses SSI or State Supplementation and the other spouse is technically or financially ineligible for SSI or State Supplementation:
A. [If a technically or financially ineligible spouse's income EXCEEDS the difference between the SSI or State Supplementation standard for an individual and the SSI or State Supplementation standard for a couple, only one requiring care, add the ineligible spouse's income to the applicant's income.
Subtract one $20 general exclusion, earned income deductions, if applicable, and the total Pass Through amount. Compare the remaining income to the SSI standard for an individual or the State Supplementation standard for an eligible individual with an ineligible spouse.
If the remaining income is LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO the SSI or State Supplementation standard, the applicant is income eligible for Pass Through. If the remaining income is OVER the standard, the applicant is not eligible. On PA-1A Sup A this calculation would be completed on Part III, B1.
B. If a technically or financially ineligible spouse's income is EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the difference between the SSI or State Supplementation standard for an individual and the SSI or State Supplementation standard for a couple, only one requiring care, DO NOT consider that spouse's income in the calculation.
After subtracting one $20 general exclusion, earned income deductions, if applicable, and total Pass Through amount. Compare the applicant's remaining income to the current SSI or State Supplementation standard for an individual.
If the applicant’s remaining income is LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO the SSI or State Supplementation standard, the applicant is income eligible for Pass Through.
If the applicant’s remaining income is OVER the standard, the applicant is not eligible. On the PA-1A, Sup. A, this calculation would be completed on Part III, B2.]