7 AAC 100.186 - Incapacitated-parent and child-care disregard

(a) In calculating a household's countable income under 7 AAC 100.180(b), the department will disregard, as a necessary cost of earning income, the anticipated cost for the care of a child or incapacitated parent whose financial needs are included in the Family Medicaid eligibility determination, if the anticipated cost is expected to be paid by an individual whose financial needs are included in the Family Medicaid eligibility determination, subject to the following limitations:

(1) the department will disregard only the charges for an individual's anticipated hours of work plus reasonable direct commuting time, if the care provider charges by the hour;

(2) the department will disregard up to

(A) $200 each month for each dependent child under two years of age whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility;

(B) $175 each month for each dependent child two years of age or older whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility; and

(C) $175 each month for an incapacitated parent whose financial needs are included in determining Family Medicaid eligibility.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "incapacitated parent" means a parent who is determined to be physically or mentally unable to perform gainful activity, as described in 7 AAC 45.235.

Notes

7 AAC 100.186

Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.020

AS 47.07.040