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Title 8: Medicaid Page 66 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter F: Coverage Groups MAGI-Related Coverage Groups Revised October 10, 2025 Expanded Medicaid for Independent… There are no income requirements or limits with this coverage group. However, for foster care youth who aged out prior to January 1, 2023, if the person provides income information, evaluate the income to see if they could receive Medicaid through a different mandatory coverage group. If the person can receive Medicaid through a different mandatory coverage group other than IHAWP, they are not eligible for EMIYA. This is not necessary for someone who aged out on or after January 1, 2023. People who receive Medicaid through EMIYA will go through passive renewal at review time. If the review form is not returned, Medicaid will continue through EMIYA until attaining the age of 26. Continuous Eligibility for Children Legal reference: 42 CFR 435.926, 441 IAC 75.19(249A) Once ongoing Medicaid eligibility has been correctly established for a child under the age of 19, the child shall remain continuously eligible for a period of up to 12 months regardless of any change in household circumstances. Continuous eligibility begins with the month of application or the first month in which eligibility is established following the month of application, whichever is latest. Continuous eligibility applies equally to all children without regard to whether their eligibility was provided under MAGI or non-MAGI coverage groups. Continuous eligibility policies must also be applied even when it is necessary to move a child from one Medicaid case to another. Refer to NJA0096, Continuous Medicaid Eligibility for Children for procedural instructions applying to various scenarios for continuous eligibility in ELIAS. Refer to 8-H, Application Processing for Iowa Subsidized Adoption for instructions on setting up a continuously eligible adoption Medicaid case while protecting the confidentiality of the pre-adoption information. NOTE: Continuous eligibility does not apply if the child:  is found to not have been initially eligible,  was eligible under state-only funding,  was eligible for retroactive Medicaid only,  did not have either U.S. citizenship and identity, or non-citizenship/alien status, verified within the reasonable opportunity period, or  was eligible only under the Medically Needy coverage group.