Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 332 - MAINECARE ELIGIBILITY MANUAL › Part 17.5 - INCOME › Section 144-332-17.5-2 - INCOME FOR ELIGIBILITY GROUPS FOR WHICH MAGI-BASED METHODOLOGY APPLIES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Section 2.1: MAGI-based Income
MAGI-based income is defined as income calculated using the
					 same financial methodologies used to determine modified adjusted gross income
					 as defined in section36B(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, ["Modified
					 adjusted gross income" means adjusted gross income increased by - (a) Any
					 amount excluded from gross income under section 911 of the Internal Revenue
					 Code; (b) Any amount of interest received or accrued by the taxpayer during the
					 taxable year which is exempt from tax; and (c) An amount equal to the portion
					 of the taxpayer's social security benefits (as defined in the Internal Revenue
					 Code Section 86(d) which is not included in gross income under section 86 for
					 the taxable year"], with the following exceptions:
A. An amount received as a lump sum is
				  counted as income only in the month received;
B. Scholarships, awards, or fellowship grants
				  used for education purposes and not for living expenses are excluded from
				  income;
C. American Indian/Alaska
				  Native exceptions. The following are excluded from income:
(1) Distributions from Alaska Native
				  Corporations and Settlement Trusts;
(2) Distributions from any property held in
				  trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent
				  boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision
				  of the Secretary of the Interior;
(3) Distributions and payments from rents,
				  leases, rights of way, royalties, usage rights, or natural resource extraction
				  and harvest from:
(a) Rights of ownership or
				  possession in any lands located within the most recent boundaries of a prior
				  Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the
				  Interior; or
(b) Federally
				  protected rights regarding off-reservation hunting, fishing, gathering, or
				  usage of natural resources;
(4) Distributions resulting from real
				  property ownership interests related to natural resources and improvements :
(a) Located on or near a reservation or
				  within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation; or
(b) Resulting from the exercise of
				  federally-protected rights relating to such real property ownership
				  interests;
(5) Payments
				  resulting from ownership interests in or usage rights to items that have unique
				  religious, spiritual, traditional, or cultural significance or rights that
				  support subsistence or a traditional lifestyle according to applicable Tribal
				  Law or custom;
(6) Student
				  financial assistance provided under the Bureau of Indian Affairs education
				  programs.
Section 2.2 Income Conversion
					 Methodology
When income is received once a month, the taxable income is
					 the amount to be counted.
When income is received twice a month (usually the first
					 and fifteenth of each month), multiply the taxable wages by two.
When income is received biweekly, multiply the taxable
					 wages by 2.15.
When income is received weekly, multiply the taxable wages
					 by 4.3.