2666 Child in an Institution

Medical assistance is available to a child or young adult under the age of 21 who is residing in a Medicaid approved institution for long term care. See also 8183 . This includes persons currently residing in a Medicaid accredited psychiatric hospital, including Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF), or intermediate care facility if under the age of 21 or under 22 if receiving inpatient psychiatric care on their 21st birthday (see 8112.4 ). See 2650 regarding the continuous eligibility requirements for children under age 19. See also 8142 (2) and 8143 (3) regarding the obligation of legally responsible relatives.

Institutional personnel are responsible for determining parental obligation to be paid to a state institution. Staff are responsible for providing state institutional staff with any requested income information available in the individual case record for the purpose of establishing this obligation.