Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 120 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subpart D - MEDICARE PREMIUMS
Section 120.74 - Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Income Standard

The QMB income standard is equal to a percentage of the then current Federal Poverty Level Income Guidelines as published annually in the Federal Register) for the size of the household. If the household's countable monthly income (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 112, 113, 120) exceeds the QMB income standard, eligibility for QMB status does not exist. The timetable for the applicable percentage is as follows:

January-December 1989 - 80%

January-December 1990 - 85%

January-December 1991 - 95%

January-December 1992 - 100%