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(e) A Medicaid qualifying income trust under 7 AAC 100.610 may be used to reduce income under this section. Net family income must include any payment made from a trust to the disabled individual. A payment from a trust is unearned income. If a trust pays an individual’s premium under this chapter, the payment is not income if the payment is made by the trust directly to the department. (f) An individual may be eligible for Medicaid under this section even if the individual has not actually received APA or APA-related Medicaid under 7 AAC 100.400 — 7 AAC 100.424 before. (g) In this section, “family” means the applicant, the applicant’s spouse, and any dependent children of either the applicant or spouse who are living in the same household more than 50 percent of the time in a month. In this subsection, “dependent child” means an individual who

(1) is the child of either the eligible or ineligible spouse;

(2) is not married;

(3) is not the head of the household;

(4) lives in the same household with the applicant; and

(5) is under

(A) 18 years of age; or

(B) 22 years of age and attending a school, college, university, or course of vocational school or technical training to prepare for gainful employment. (Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.020 AS 47.07.040 Article 9. Long-Term Care Medicaid Eligibility. Rule 7 AAC 100.500.. Long-term care Medicaid related to APA 7 AAC 100.502. Long-term care eligibility criteria 7 AAC 100.504. Elective pre-application resource assessment 7 AAC 100.506. Allocation of resources to prevent spousal impoverishment 7 AAC 100.510. Transfer of assets