Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-6-65 - Automatic eligibles

Each of the following individuals shall be automatically eligible for medical assistance without meeting any additional requirements, except that the individual shall meet the general eligibility requirements of K.A.R. 129-6-50 and 129-6-109(c)(2):

(a) A person who is legally entitled to and receiving supplemental security income (SSI) benefits and who is in compliance with the residence requirements of K.A.R. 129-6-55;

(b) a person who is legally entitled to and receiving state supplemental payments from Kansas related to SSI;

(c) a person who is determined by the social security administration to retain recipient status, although the person is not currently receiving an SSI benefit;

(d) a person who is mandated to receive inpatient treatment for tuberculosis;

(e) a child born to a mother who is eligible for and receiving medicaid at the time of birth, including receiving medical assistance under K.A.R. 129-6-97, for up to one year, if the mother remains eligible for medicaid or would be eligible for medicaid if still pregnant. Eligibility for the child shall continue, unless the child dies or is no longer a resident of the state or action is taken to voluntarily terminate coverage;

(f) a child receiving foster care payments in an out-of-home placement, regardless of the state making the payments;

(g) a child for whom an adoption assistance agreement under title IV-E is in effect, even if adoption assistance payments are not being made or the adoption assistance agreement was entered into with another state. Eligibility shall begin when the child is placed for adoption, even if an interlocutory decree of adoption or a judicial decree of adoption has not been issued;

(h) a child for whom a non-title IV-E adoption assistance agreement is in effect between the state and the adoptive parents and who cannot be placed without medical assistance because the child has special needs for medical or rehabilitative care; and

(i) a child receiving title IV-E guardianship care payments.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-6-65

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 65-1,254 and 75-7403; effective, T-129-10-31-13, Nov. 1, 2013; effective Feb. 28, 2014.