1620.71.00 CHILDREN AGE 1 - 19 (MED 3)

This category is identified in IEDSS as MA 9. This category is an eligibility expansion effective July 1, 1998. It is funded under the federal "Children's Health Insurance Program" (CHIP) enacted in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. To be eligible in this category: • A child must be aged 1 through age 5 with income between 141% - 158% of the federal poverty level; or • Age 6 through 18 with income between 106% - 158% of the federal poverty level, and not eligible in any other Medicaid category. There are no resource requirements.