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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL, SECTION B
B 715 Parents/Caretaker Relatives Medicaid Case Closure Due to Earnings B-700 Transitional Medicaid
3. The family members must have been residents of Arkansas in the last month of PCR Medicaid eligibility and must continue to reside in Arkansas. 4. There must be a dependent child under age 18 in the home. In addition to the eligibility criteria stated above, the following eligibility requirements must also be met in the Additional 6 Months TM Extension Period: 5. The family must have received TM in each month of the Initial 6 Months TM Extension Period. 6. Theremust continue to be a dependent child under age 18 in the home. 7. The parent (or non-parent specified relative) must have met the reporting requirements in the 1st and 4th months of the Additional TM Extension Period (Re: MS B-735 and MS B-750). 8. The parent or (non-parent specified relative) must continue to be employed and receive earnings in each month preceding the 2nd and 3rd report periods of the Additional TM Extension Period, unless good cause exists. The average monthly grossearnings of the eligible members cannot exceed 185% of the Federal Poverty Level (Re. FPL Chart at Appendix F). Resources, deprivation, and unearned income are not eligibility factors for TM.
B-715 Parents/Caretaker Relatives Medicaid Case Closure Due to Earnings MS Manual 12/01/20 The PCR Medicaid case closure must be solely due to increased wages or increased hours of employment. If a PCR Medicaid family becomes ineligible due to earnings and for another reason in the same month, the family will be ineligible for Transitional Medicaid (TM). The increased earnings must be of the child’s parent (or non-parent specified relative) who was included in the PCR Medicaid case as an eligible member in the last month of eligibility. The Initial 6 Months TM Extension will begin with the first month following the last month of PCR Medicaid eligibility. Individuals included in the budget group in the last month of PCR Medicaid eligibility will be entitled to the Initial 6 Months TM Extension.