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To be eligible in this category a child must be at least one year of age, but not six years old.

Income standards are based on 141% of the Federal Poverty Level and there are no resource requirements.27

1620.70.00 CHILDREN AGE 6 - 18 (MED 3) This category is identified in IEDSS as MA 2.

To be eligible in this category a child must be at least age six (6), but under age nineteen (19).28

The income standard is based on 106% of the Federal Poverty Level and there are no resource requirements. 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. 1620.72.00 CHILDREN'S HEALTH PLAN (MED 3) This category of Hoosier Healthwise is designated as MA 10 on IEDSS.

Effective January 1, 2000, comprehensive medical coverage, under an eligibility expansion funded through the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), is available to Indiana children under the age of 19.29 Under this category, also known as Package C, the income limit was 200% of the federal poverty guidelines at implementation and increased to 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, as of October 1, 2008. (Refer to IHCPPM Section 3010.30.00.)

There are no resource requirements. Coverage is provided only to children who are ineligible for all other categories of Hoosier Healthwise. MA 10 is, therefore, last in the IEDSS Medical