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VA Child Support - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid

Alimony and support payments are cash and are not excluded from income and resources in determining eligibility for Medicaid in the Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) Covered Groups.

In-kind contributions for food, clothing or shelter are not income for this purpose. Support payments may be made voluntarily or because of a court order. Alimony (sometimes called "maintenance") is an allowance made by a court from the funds of one spouse to the other spouse in connection with a suit for separation or divorce.

Alimony, spousal, and other adult support payments are unearned income.

Child support payments are unearned income; however, one-third of the amount of a payment made to or for an eligible child by an absent parent is excluded.

Child support collected by a State and retained as reimbursement for AFDC/TANF payments is not income to a Medicaid recipient. This is true even if the original support was collected on behalf of an SSI child.

Child support collected by a State and paid to an AFDC/TANF assistance unit as a $50 (or less) pass-through of child support is not income to blind/disabled child if the AFDC/TANF unit would have received the same pass-through payment if the child were removed from the AFDC/TANF family unit. (That is, there is another child responsible for the pass through.

If the AFDC/TANF family would have received a lower pass-through amount with the blind/disabled child removed from the AFDC/TANF family unit, the difference between the pass-through amount actually paid and the pass-through amount which could have been paid had the child not been included in the AFDC/TANF family unit is income in the form of child support to the blind/disabled child.

See Also:

Aged, Blind and Disabled Income Exclusions

Countable Income

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VA Medicaid Eligibility

VA Medicaid Covered Groups

VA Medicaid Overview

VA Benefit Information System Welcome and Introduction

Source:

Information for this topic was drawn from Chapter S08 of the Department of Social Services (DSS) Medicaid Manual.

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