7 AAC 100.046 - Failure to cooperate with medical support enforcement
Current through December 2, 2021
(a) A parent or
other adult who is required to cooperate with the child support services
agency, but who fails to do so without good cause, is ineligible for Medicaid
until the parent or adult cooperates as required. Only a parent or other adult
who can legally assign rights to medical support and who is, or could be, a
Medicaid recipient may incur a loss of Medicaid benefits for refusal to
cooperate with the child support services agency.
(b) To assure that a child is not made
ineligible because of a parent's or other adult's noncooperation with the child
support services agency, the department will apply the following rules when
determining a child's Medicaid eligibility:
(1) for poverty-level children eligibility
categories under
7
AAC 100.002(a) (6) - (7) and
7
AAC 100.002(c) (8) , the financial
needs of the noncooperating parent are included in determining the household
size;
(2) for Family Medicaid under
7
AAC 100.002(a) (1) , and for
eligibility under
7
AAC 100.002(c) (1) , the need, income,
and resources of the noncooperating parent who is a mandatory member of the
household under
7
AAC 100.104 are included in determining the household
size, income, and resources, but the parent is ineligible for
Medicaid;
(3) for Family Medicaid
under 7 AAC 100.002(a)
(1) and
7
AAC 100.002(c) (1) , if a caretaker
relative who is an optional member of the household under
7
AAC 100.116 is required to cooperate but does not
cooperate, the financial needs, income, and resources of that caretaker
relative are not included in the household;
(4) for under-21 Medicaid under
7
AAC 100.002(c) (2) - (4), an
individual who is 19 or 20 years old who applies for Medicaid for the
individual's own child and who fails to cooperate with the child support
services agency without good cause is ineligible for under-21
Medicaid.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.025
AS 47.07.040
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