An increase in a Medical Assistance Program recipient's income due solely to a cost-of-living adjustment to federal Social Security and Railroad Retirement payments shall be disregarded when determining income eligibility for the Medical Assistance Program. This section shall not be deemed to render a recipient eligible for the Medical Assistance Program if all other eligibility requirements are not met.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-54.4
Income disregard for federal cost-of-living adjustments
2012-142, s. 10.6(a); 2016-94, s. 12H.7.
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