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Title 8: Medicaid Page 104 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter C: Nonfinancial Eligibility Nonfinancial MAGI-Related Eligibility Revised October 10, 2025 Absence Assistance may be approved for a person when the total length of time the person is anticipated to be out of the home is less than three months. If the person does not return home within three months, remove the person’s needs from the eligible group. When determining the three-month period, the first full calendar month after the person has left the home is considered “month one.” For applicants, the total length of time is from the date the person left the home (not the date of application) until the date the person is expected to return.

1. Jim, a member of the MAGI eligible group, leaves home on May 2 to visit his father. He is expected to return home August 29. His needs continue to be included in the MAGI eligible group. 2. Mrs. A applies for assistance for herself and four children. Three of her children live with her. The fourth child has been living with his father for the past two months and will be returning to Mrs. A’s home in two months. Mrs. A is eligible to receive assistance for the three children living in the home. The fourth child is not eligible until he returns to the home because his total length of absence from the home is anticipated to be greater than three months. 3. Mrs. B applies for assistance for herself and one child. The child was living with her grandmother for one month. Before this, the child had been living with Mrs. B. The child will be returning to Mrs. B’s home in one month. If the grandmother is not receiving assistance for the child, the worker continues assistance for Mrs. B and the child, because the total length of absence is anticipated to be less than three months. MAGI Household Size Legal Reference: 441 IAC 75 (Rules in Process) For the purpose of determining financial eligibility, each applicant’s or member’s household size is determined individually based on federal tax policy and with regard to the applicant’s or member’s federal tax status.