Eligible Individual with Ineligible spouse

  1. Determine value of the individual's In-kind Support and Maintenance
  2. Calculate the individual's countable gross unearned income from all other sources and add the value of any In-kind Support and Maintenance (determined above)
  3. Apply unearned income deductions to determine the net unearned income
  4. Calculate the individual's countable gross earned income from all sources (including self employment income)
  5. Apply earned income deductions to determine the net earned income
  6. Add the countable net unearned income and the countable net earned income to determine the total net countable income
  7. Determine if the individual is eligible based on their own income by comparing the total net countable income determined above in Step 6 to the FBR limit for an individual
  8. If the individual is eligible based on their own income and if the individual is a sponsored alien, carry out the steps outlined in Sponsor's Deemed Income
  9. Total the ineligible spouse's countable gross unearned income from all sources with the exception of In-Kind Support and Maintenance
  10. Calculate the ineligible spouse's countable gross earned income from all sources
  11. Carry out the spouse to spouse deeming process
  12. Add the total deemable unearned income, if any, of the ineligible spouse to the eligible spouse's unearned income
  13. Apply unearned income deductions to the individual's unearned to determine the net unearned income
  14. Add the total deemable earned income, if any, of the ineligible spouse to the eligible spouse's countable earned income
  15. Apply earned income deductions to the individual's earned to determine the net countable earned income
  16. Add the net countable unearned income and the net countable earned income to determine the total net countable income for the eligible individual with ineligible spouse

Note: If at point 8 above the individual is ineligible based on their own income, the process stops as the individual is not eligible for Medical Assistance.