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• Landlord's statement • Hospital, clinic, or physician's records • Social Security or other benefit records • Church records • Court support order • Child welfare records; and • Signed statement from a reliable individual having personal knowledge of the child living with the specified relative.
2420.15.00 TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM THE HOME (MED 3) When MAGI rules apply for all MED 3 categories, absence of the recipient child or parent/caretaker relative from the home for limited periods of time does not affect eligibility, provided that the absent member intends to return to the home.83
2422.00.00 INSTITUTIONAL STATUS An institution, as defined by federal regulation, is an establishment that furnishes (in single or multiple facilities) food, shelter, and some treatment or services to four or more persons unrelated to the proprietor.84
2422.10.00 RESIDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS The Medicaid eligibility of an individual who resides in an institution is governed by the type of institution, in addition to the other eligibility factors. A public institution is an institution that is the responsibility of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental unit, or over which such a governmental unit exercises administrative control. Individuals who are serving time for a criminal offense and incarcerated in public correctional institutions such as jails, prisons, and detention facilities including those for juveniles, are not eligible for Medicaid/Hoosier Healthwise. 85These individuals are defined as “inmates of public institutions”. An individual on parole, or sentenced to home detention except during those times when reporting to a prison for an overnight stay, individuals living voluntarily in a detention center, jail, or county penal facility after their case has been adjudicated and other living arrangements are being made for them (such as a transfer to a community residence) and infants who are permitted to stay in a correctional facility with their inmate mothers are examples of persons who can be eligible for Medicaid if they meet all of the other program requirements.