6000 - Income
There are two types of income, earned and unearned. Income shall include money received from such sources as wages, self-employment, property rentals, pensions, benefits, and contributions.
The following general rules are applicable:
The
income of all persons whose needs are included in the medical assistance
plan must be considered. If, in the month of application, a mandatory
filing unit person has left the home, his or her income shall not
be considered as being available to the family in that month. Also
see 6400.
If a parent enters an institutional living arrangement (whether or not the facility is Medicaid approved) for other than a planned brief stay as defined in 8113, his or her income shall be considered in determining the eligibility of a minor child only for the month the arrangement begins. Thereafter, only the minor child's income as well as any income contributed by that parent can be considered in determining the eligibility of that child. If the parent begins to receive HCBS, his or her income shall not be considered for the minor child beginning with the first month of services.
See 8243
(2) regarding consideration of income upon discharge.
7. A conversion of property from one form to another
shall not be considered as income except for the proceeds from a contract
for the sale of property or the payments from an annuity that has been
annuitized.
8. Income shall not be considered both as income and
as property in the same month.