23 Miss. Code. R. 105-2.2 - Budgeting Rules for Extended Medicaid - Increased Spousal Support

A. Parent(s), meaning a single parent or parent and step-parent family, that lose Medicaid in the parent/caretaker relative category of coverage due to new or increased spousal support under title IV-D of the Social Security Act must continue to receive Medicaid for four (4) consecutive months following the month of ineligibility. The parent(s) must have received Medicaid for at least three (3) of the six (6) months immediately preceding the month in which the individual becomes ineligible.

B. If the change in income is not reported timely, eligibility for extended Medicaid is determined using a look-back process where actual income information is gathered after the fact and the determination of the appropriate four (4) month period is calculated to begin the month after the month the family became ineligible for Medicaid.

C. The child(ren) associated with the parent(s) losing Medicaid are also eligible for the same four (4) month period of extended Medicaid eligibility. The provision to grant four (4) months of extended coverage cannot shorten a child's twelve (12) month period of continuous eligibility. When there is an overlap, the protected periods of eligibility run concurrently.

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23 Miss. Code. R. 105-2.2

42 CFR §435.115 (Rev. 1994)