23 Miss. Code. R. 102-9.11 - Special Considerations

A. The inmate cannot be considered a sole applicant until they have been separated from other household members for thirty (30) days. When determined Medicaid-eligible as a member of the community, the inmate is eligible for full Medicaid services.

B. The inmate can be considered as the sole member of the budget group for the month in which the thirty-first (31^st) day falls. When determined eligible as an inmate and as the sole member of the budget group, the inmate is eligible only for inpatient services.

C. If the inmate is receiving Social Security Retirement, Disability or Survivors benefits, and convicted of a crime and confined to the correctional institution for more than thirty (30) continuous days, Social Security will suspend benefits. Similarly, Social Security must suspend benefits to individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments when the person is incarcerated for at least one full calendar month.

1. These suspended payments are disregarded as income.

Notes

23 Miss. Code. R. 102-9.11

Miss. Code Ann. §43.13.121.1 (Rev. 2005).