Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2010.05P Family Medical Assistance Unit - Determining the FMA Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 6-1-89 Transmittal: UP-89-49 P-2010.05 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FMA Family Medical Assistance Units ____________________________________________________________ Subject: Determining the FMA Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

P-2010.05 1. Note that no one is required to apply for or receive FMA who does not want it.

2. Explain to the applicant or recipient the option of requesting or not requesting FMA assistance for each family member.

3. Include all eligible parents and siblings who are requesting FMA assistance and are living together in the same assistance unit, except for those individuals who apply for or receive MA under another coverage group.

4. Allow any aged, blind or disabled individual to apply for MAABD. Check the rules on deeming to see if you must count the individual's income and assets.

5. Include in the unit those who do not meet the age requirement for AFDC but do meet the age requirement for FMA.

6. Remember that children receiving SSI, although excluded for AFDC, are eligible for FMA as units of one.

7. If the unit is ineligible due to deemed income from an individual outside the assistance unit who is neither a parent nor a spouse of at least one unit member, divide the original unit into sub-units (see P-2010.10).