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COMAR 10.09.24.01-.16 1656 State of Maryland Medical Assistance Manual Revised July 2012
.06 Assistance Unit.
A. Purpose and Scope.
(1) This regulation establishes who shall be a member of an assistance unit, who may be excluded from an assistance unit, who will have separate eligibility determinations, and whose income and resources will be considered in determining financial eligibility for applicants and recipients of Medical Assistance.
(2) This regulation applies to:
(a) Children and their caretaker relatives; (b) Persons younger than 21 years old; and (c) Aged, blind, or disabled persons. (3) This regulation sets forth the requirements for determining eligibility as aged, blind, or disabled or as families and children.
A-1. More Than One Assistance Unit Among Persons Living Together. (1) More than one assistance unit is permissible if: (a) The parent or other caretaker relative chooses to have a child's eligibility determined as blind or disabled under Regulation .04L of this chapter;
(b) There are unmarried persons younger than 21 years old not living with an own child, a parent, or caretaker relative other than parent;
(c) There are unmarried persons younger than 21 years old placed in public or private foster care arrangements;
(d) A caretaker relative chooses to have his eligibility determined as aged, blind, or disabled under Regulation .04L of this chapter; and
(e) There are persons who would have been members of the assistance unit except for their status as automatically eligible Medical Assistance recipients under Regulation .03A of this chapter.
(2) Married persons younger than 21 years old and living with parents or caretaker relatives other than parents are considered a separate unit from that of the parents or caretaker relatives other than parents.
A-2. Separate Eligibility Determinations for Certain Persons.
(1) An individual eligibility determination shall be conducted for each person identified in §§A- 1(1)(a)—(c) of this regulation who requests Medical Assistance.
(2) For the aged, blind, or disabled person identified in §A-1(1)(d) of this regulation:
(a) If the person chooses to have eligibility determined as aged, blind, or disabled and either the