Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 100 - General Provisions
Chapter 8 - Coverage of the Categorically Needy in Mississippi
Rule 23-100-8.2 - Application of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to Specified Categories of Coverage

A. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that certain mandatory and optional categorically needy groups are subject to the application of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) standards, which are financial methodologies used to determine eligibility. Generally, the groups subject to MAGI rules are those that cover children, pregnant women and parents and caretaker relatives. Groups that are not subject to MAGI requirements are groups that cover the aged, blind and disabled.

B. MAGI affects income eligibility standards that are used for MAGI-related coverage groups in that net income eligibility thresholds in effect prior to the implementation of the ACA must be converted to equivalent MAGI levels to account for any income disregards used prior to the ACA. Income standards for these programs are expressed as MAGI-equivalent standards after the required conversion.