Please review the information again and use this as a reference. It sounds like your payments are for Medicaid waiver.
If your payments qualify to be excluded you should complete your tax return.
You do not have to pay income tax or self-employment tax. if this is paid under the state program and should fall under the IRS Notice 2014-7. This means that the income is not subject to tax and is allowed to be subtracted out using the steps provided here and by TomK2023.
If you decide you are not being paid for this purpose, you can file the self employment income using the links below. You can enter the income directly without using the 1099-MISC entry screen.
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