The $30 + 1/3 deduction: is given only to AUs with earned income is available to each AU member with earned income is allowed for four consecutive months

Each employed individual can receive the $30 + 1/3 deduction, and each individual can be in different stages of the $30 + 1/3 deduction.

The $30 + 1/3 deduction is not applied to LIM until the AU needs it to be eligible. To determine whether the AU needs the deduction, we complete the Standard of Need trial budget (Section C of the budget sheet).

The first month that the A/R needs the $30 + 1/3 deduction (whether retroactive, current, or ongoing) is the first month in the count of the four consecutive months.

After receiving four consecutive months of the $30 + 1/3 deduction, the individual automatically receives the $30 deduction for eight consecutive months.

After the $30 + 1/3 deduction has been received for four consecutive months, A/Rs cannot receive it again until they have been off Medicaid for at least 12 consecutive months.

If an AU becomes ineligible for LIM when we remove the $30 + 1/3 at the end of the four or eight months, you must complete a CMD.

It is essential that receipt of a $30 + 1/3 deduction be tracked in the case record.