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Title 8: Medicaid Page 69 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter F: Coverage Groups MAGI-Related Coverage Groups Revised October 10, 2025 Continuous Eligibility for Children benefit of the member so the member does not have to complete more paperwork in a few months’ time. However, complete early reviews of eligibility only if it does not have a negative effect on the children’s continuous eligibility. New Continuous Eligibility After Eligibility Reestablished At Annual Review A new 12-month continuous eligibility period may begin only after all eligibility factors are met at the annual review or at application. Non-MAGI-Related Coverage Groups People who are aged, blind, or disabled may be eligible for Medicaid. Eligibility for these people is determined by following the general policies of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. These are referred to as “non-MAGI-related” coverage groups. They include:  SSI recipients.  “Essential” persons from assistance programs before SSI began.  People who are eligible for SSI benefits but do not receiving them.  State Supplementary Assistance (SSA) recipients.  People ineligible for SSI because of requirements that do not apply to Medicaid.  People who are ineligible for SSI or SSA because of social security cost of living adjustments occurring after July 1, 1977, called the “503 medical-only” group.  Blind or disabled people who received SSI or SSA after their eighteenth birthday for a condition which began before age 22 but who became ineligible for SSI or SSA due to social security benefits from a parent’s account.  People who would be eligible for SSI except for the October 1972 increase in social security benefits.  Blind or disabled people who become ineligible for SSI due to “substantial gainful activity” (1619b people).  Widowed people who became ineligible for SSI or SSA because of a January 1984 actuarial change and who applied for Medicaid before July 1, 1988.  Widowed people who become ineligible for SSI or SSA because they receive social security and are not entitled to Medicare Part A.