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Title 8: Medicaid Page 72 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter D: Resources Resource Eligibility of Non-MAGI-Related… Revised September 13, 2024

The following chart lists all coverage groups under which children can establish eligibility and whether household resources are disregarded or counted in determining children’s eligibility.

Coverage Group Name Are Resources An Eligibility Factor For Children? SSI recipients in their own homes and recipients of mandatory supplements Yes SSI recipients in medical institutions Yes People eligible for SSI benefits but not receiving them No Essential persons Not applicable. A child cannot be an essential person. Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to requirements that do not apply to Medicaid Yes Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to Social Security COLAs (503 medical only) Yes Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to Social Security benefits paid from a parent’s account Yes Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to Social Security increase of October 1972 Yes Ineligible for SSI due to substantial gainful Activity (1619b) Yes Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to actuarial change for widowed persons Yes Ineligible for SSI or SSA due to receipt of widow’s social security benefits Yes Ineligible for SSI due to residence in a medical institution Yes People in medical institutions under 300% income level No Medicaid for Kids with Special Needs No Medically Needy No Qualified disabled and working persons (QDWP) Yes Qualified Medicare beneficiaries (QMB) Yes Specified low-income Medicare beneficiaries (SLMB) Yes Expanded specified low-income Medicare beneficiaries (expanded SLMB) Yes Medicaid for employed people with disabilities Yes