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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION C C-100 Application Process

C 115 Emancipated Minors

See MS A-131 for more information regarding when information can be released to an Authorized Representative.

C-115 Emancipated Minors MS Manual 01/01/14 An emancipated individual under age 18 will be allowed to file an application on his/her own behalf for Medicaid. Judicial and common law emancipation will be recognized. A judicially emancipated minor is one who has been given the right by a court to manage his own affairs. A common law emancipated minor is one who has been given the right to manage his own affairs by voluntary or implied agreement between parent(s) and child. A common law emancipated minor must be demonstrating that he/she is responsible for the management of his/her own affairs by establishing an independent household or by sharing equally in payment of household expenses if living with parent(s)/family. The emancipation of a minor is revocable if the minor again becomes dependent upon and responsible to his parents or other individuals who have acted or are acting as his parents. This applies to any type of emancipation. Therefore, emancipation status must be determined on the actual current circumstances without regard to what has transpired in the past.

C-120 Submitting an Application MS Manual 02/01/18 An application may be completed and submitted electronically via Access Arkansas or through the Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace (FFM). An application may also be completed in writing on an approved DHS application form and submitted to the Agency via mail, fax, email, telephone or in person to a designated DHS Agency.  NOTE: See Appendix I for a listing of which application forms are needed to apply for a specific coverage category.

An application may be submitted by the individual, the individual’s spouse or Authorized Representative, emancipated minor or if the applicant is a minor who is not living with a parent, a caretaker acting responsibly for the minor.