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Other Excluded Persons 1.5.4
MA AR: An individual is excluded from the AR assistance unit if: • she/he refuses to provide information needed to determine his/her eligibility; • she/he is a parent or caretaker who refused without good cause to cooperate with child support cooperation or medical support assignment requirements (see Chapter 2: Child Support Requirements in Part V); • she/he is a member of another public assistance unit receiving TANF; • she/he is a child and the applicant/recipient has requested that the child be excluded from the assistance unit (such as in the case of a child who has significant income that, if included, will make other family members ineligible for Medicaid); • he is the expecting father of an unborn child, there are no other children in the assistance unit until the month in which the child is born, and the expecting father is not married to the mother (if the expecting parents are married, then the expecting father’s needs are included provisionally, but he is ineligible for MA benefits with this group until the child is born); • she/he is a foster parent and the ward is included in the unit; • she/he is a parent whose needs are met by his/her spouse who is not a natural or adoptive parent of the dependent child, and the parent has chosen to be excluded; or • she/he is a parent under age 21, his/her needs are met by his/her parent(s) living in the home, and the parent under 21 has chosen to be excluded. If a natural or adoptive parent of a child applying for MA chooses to exclude him/herself from the unit, the parent is included in the unit provisionally when determining the child’s eligibility for MA. A step-parent may be included in an AR unit at his/her option. If s/he chooses to be excluded from the unit, his/her income and resources are not counted unless his/her spouse is in the unit. AX: An individual is excluded from the AX assistance unit if: • s/he refuses to provide information needed to determine his/her eligibility; • s/he is a parent or caretaker who refused without good cause to cooperate with child support cooperation or medical support assignment requirements (see Chapter 2: Child Support Requirements in Part V); • s/he is a child and the applicant/recipient has requested that the child be excluded from the assistance unit; • he is the expecting father of an unborn child, there are no other children in the assistance unit until the month in which the child is born, and the expecting father is not married to the mother (if the expecting parents are married, then the expecting father’s needs are included provisionally, but he is ineligible for MA benefits with this group until the child is born); • s/he is a parent whose needs are met by his/her spouse who is not a natural or adoptive parent of the dependent child, and the parent has chosen to be excluded; or • s/he is a parent under age 21, his/her needs are met by his/her parent(s) living in the home, and the parent under 21 has chosen to be excluded. If a natural or adoptive parent of a child applying for MA chooses to exclude him/herself from the unit, the parent is included in the unit provisionally when determining the child’s eligibility for Medicaid. A step-parent may be included in an AR unit at his/her option. If s/he chooses to be excluded from the unit, his/her income and resources are not counted unless his/her spouse is in the unit. SR: A group member is excluded if s/he refuses to provide information necessary to determine