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UNOFFICIAL 1717.1-4 (3) Due to the collection or increased collection of spousal support payments, the household is eligible to receive four months of coverage in accordance with section 17-1717.1-11(c). (b) A new household member may be added to the transitional medical assistance household when there is increased income from employment or increased hours of employment. If eligible, a new household member shall be added to the household as of the month of request and not extend beyond the date when the rest of the household is terminated. (c) The time-limited extension periods for transitional medical assistance coverage under section 17-1717.1-11 shall be rescinded when federal authorization or the allocation of federal funding is discontinued and shall encompass only the following: (1) An extension period of four consecutive calendar months when the household was terminated under the provisions of chapters 17-1716 or 17-1717, because of increased earnings or hours of employment; and (2) The household received assistance in at least three of the six months immediately preceding the month in which the household became ineligible for chapters 17-1716 or 17-1717. [Eff 09/30/13](Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §435.112) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §435.112)

17-1717.1-11 Extension periods. (a) Initial six-month period for transitional medical assistance: (1) Shall be extended to a household who is terminated solely because of increased income from employment or increased hours of employment of the household; (2) Received assistance at least three of the six-months immediately preceding the month in which the household became ineligible in the Pregnant Women Group, or the Parents or Caretakers Relative Group; and (3) Shall include a child as defined in this chapter, or eligibility shall terminate at the end of the first month in which the