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BEM 216 1 of 6 RMA GROUP COMPOSITION BPB 2015-010 7-1-2015

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

DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) is a federal program that helps refugees become self-sufficient after their arrival in the U.S. RMA is a medical assistance program for refugees who are not eligible for other Medical Assistance (MA) or MIChild programs. Eligibility for these categories must be determined prior to making an RMA eligibility determination. DEPARTMENT POLICY Group Composition is the determination of which individuals living together are included in the eligibility determination group (EDG). Use fiscal groups and asset groups to determine the financial eligibility of an individual who requests MA and meets all the nonfinancial eligibility factors for a MA category. Individual family members may be eligible under different MA categories. Explore all categories for each individual who requests MA; see CHOICE OF CATEGORY in BEM 105. Example: A refugee family, consisting of a mother and father and two children, is approved LIF for all members. After initial MA approval, the father begins employment and the income exceeds the income limit for LIF. The two children are approved for Children under 19 and the parents are approved for RMA. Example: A refugee family, consisting of a mother and father and two children, is approved LIF for all members. The mother and father begin employment and the income exceeds the income limit for LIF and for all full-coverage MA. The children are determined ineligible for MI Child. The family of 4 are approved RMA. DEFINITIONS Child means an unmarried person under age 18. Adult means a person who is married or age 18 or older.

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BEM 216 1 of 6 RMA GROUP COMPOSITION BPB 2015-010 7-1-2015

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

DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) is a federal program that helps refugees become self-sufficient after their arrival in the U.S. RMA is a medical assistance program for refugees who are not eligible for other Medical Assistance (MA) or MIChild programs. Eligibility for these categories must be determined prior to making an RMA eligibility determination. DEPARTMENT POLICY Group Composition is the determination of which individuals living together are included in the eligibility determination group (EDG). Use fiscal groups and asset groups to determine the financial eligibility of an individual who requests MA and meets all the nonfinancial eligibility factors for a MA category. Individual family members may be eligible under different MA categories. Explore all categories for each individual who requests MA; see CHOICE OF CATEGORY in BEM 105. Example: A refugee family, consisting of a mother and father and two children, is approved LIF for all members. After initial MA approval, the father begins employment and the income exceeds the income limit for LIF. The two children are approved for Children under 19 and the parents are approved for RMA. Example: A refugee family, consisting of a mother and father and two children, is approved LIF for all members. The mother and father begin employment and the income exceeds the income limit for LIF and for all full-coverage MA. The children are determined ineligible for MI Child. The family of 4 are approved RMA. DEFINITIONS Child means an unmarried person under age 18. Adult means a person who is married or age 18 or older.