1. (a) Earned income.

   1. (1) To be eligible for MBI, a person's monthly countable earned income must be less than 250% of the federal poverty level.
   2. (2) Countable earned income means earned income for purposes of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program minus all applicable exclusions and exemptions, as explained in 20 CFR §§416.1110 - 416.1112.
2. (b) Unearned income is entirely excluded under this section, but is considered in the determination of a person's monthly premium amount, as explained in §360.117 of this chapter (relating to Cost Sharing).

Source Note:The provisions of this §360.111 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5517.