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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION D D-300 State Residency D 310 State Residency Determinations

D-300 State Residency

MS Manual 01/01/14 Residency regulations are intended to assure uniform application of residency rules and to assure that no otherwise eligible individual is denied Medicaid because no State recognizes him as a resident.

D-310 State Residency Determinations MS Manual 01/30/15 State residency determinations are as follows: 1. An individual placed in an out-of-state institution is a resident of the State making arrangement for placement regardless of the individual’s indicated intent or ability to indicate intent; 2. An individual receiving State Supplementation of SSI is a resident of the State making said payments; 3. A non-institutionalized individual age 21 or over is a resident of the State where he is living, and a. Intends to remain permanently or for an indefinite period of time, or b. which he entered with a job commitment or seeking employment.

EXCEPTION:An individual aged 18-22 and a full-time student at an Arkansas school, is not a resident of Arkansas if:

a) Neither parent lives in Arkansas, b) The student is claimed as a tax dependent by someone in a state other than Arkansas, and c) The student is applying on his or her own behalf.

4. An institutionalized individual who became incapable of indicating intent at or after age 21 is a resident of the State where the institution is located, unless another state arranged placement in the institution.

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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION D D-300 State Residency D 310 State Residency Determinations

D-300 State Residency

MS Manual 01/01/14 Residency regulations are intended to assure uniform application of residency rules and to assure that no otherwise eligible individual is denied Medicaid because no State recognizes him as a resident.

D-310 State Residency Determinations MS Manual 01/30/15 State residency determinations are as follows: 1. An individual placed in an out-of-state institution is a resident of the State making arrangement for placement regardless of the individual’s indicated intent or ability to indicate intent; 2. An individual receiving State Supplementation of SSI is a resident of the State making said payments; 3. A non-institutionalized individual age 21 or over is a resident of the State where he is living, and a. Intends to remain permanently or for an indefinite period of time, or b. which he entered with a job commitment or seeking employment.

EXCEPTION:An individual aged 18-22 and a full-time student at an Arkansas school, is not a resident of Arkansas if:

a) Neither parent lives in Arkansas, b) The student is claimed as a tax dependent by someone in a state other than Arkansas, and c) The student is applying on his or her own behalf.

4. An institutionalized individual who became incapable of indicating intent at or after age 21 is a resident of the State where the institution is located, unless another state arranged placement in the institution.