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BEM 211 4 of 9 MA GROUP COMPOSITION BPB 2026-013 5-1-2026

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Bob and Mary are married. Mary is the mother of Jane, age 22. Jane attends college in Ohio. Bob is the tax filer and claims Mary and Jane as tax dependents. • Tax rules apply to all. • Group is 3 for all individuals. SSI-Related Medicaid (MA), Group 2 Pregnant Women, Group 2 Persons Under Age 21, Group 2 Caretaker Relative Use fiscal groups and, for SSI-related MA, Group 2 Persons Under Age 21 and Group 2 Caretaker Relative, asset groups to determine the financial eligibility of a person who requests Medicaid and meets all the nonfinancial eligibility factors for an Medicaid category. Individual family members may be eligible under different Medicaid categories. All categories of Medicaid must be explored for each person who requests Medicaid; see choice of category in BEM 105. REFUSING INFORMATION SSI-Related MA, Group 2 Pregnant Women, Group 2 Persons Under Age 21, Group 2 Caretaker Relative A person about whom information necessary to determine eligibility is refused and that person's spouse and children, if living with the person, are not eligible for MA. Therefore, no fiscal or asset group is set up for them. Failure to cooperate with SSN, support or third party resource liabil- ity requirements (BEM 223, 255, 256 and 257) may result in MA ineligibility for a person, but is not refusing information necessary to determine eligibility. DEFINITIONS SSI-Related MA, Group 2 Pregnant Women, Group 2 Persons Under Age 21, Group 2 Caretaker Relative Child means an unmarried person under age 18. Adult means a person who is married or age 18 or older.