Budgeting for Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) Medicaid Eligibility

Budgeting for Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) Medicaid Eligibility A. Miss. Admin. Code, Title 23, Part 104, Chapters 4 through 6 specify unearned and earned income exclusions and disregards that apply in the budgeting of income. B. Miss. Admin. Code, Title 23, Part 104, Chapter 1 cites specific categories of eligibility that use Supplemental Security Income (SSI) policy or liberalized policy in making the eligibility determination. C. Countable income is income that remains after all exclusions and disregards of income are applied. D. Countable income also includes income that must be deemed from an ineligible spouse to an eligible spouse and income that must be deemed from a parent to an eligible child. E. Countable income is compared to the appropriate SSI Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) or Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for an individual or couple to determine eligibility based on income. Refer to Miss. Admin. Code, Title 23, Part 104, Rule 10.2.