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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |100 Effective Month: September 2018 parent(s) or caretaker relative (and spouse, if applicable) with primary responsibility for the dependent child(ren) to be eligible in COE-075. A condition of deprivation is not applicable to children who qualify on financial need for the MAGI-related FPL Medicaid programs for children (71, 72, 73, and 74) or CHIP. Adoption Deprivation is established in relation to the child’s legal and/or natural parents. The biological parent of a child who has been legally adopted is no longer a legally responsible parent. When a child has been legally adopted, deprivation is determined only in regard to the adoptive parents. Deprivation due to continued absence is always met in a single parent adoption. Legally Responsible Parents The following are legally responsible parents: • The child’s mother • The child’s legal father • The adoptive parent who has been legally granted a final decree of adoption. • Under the ACA, beginning 01/01/2014, a stepparent is a parent for COE-075 purposes. A stepparent, with or without the child’s legal or adopted other parent, can be a primary caretaker of a dependent child and qualify as a low-income parent in COE-075. Legal Father For the deprivation determination in the 75 program and for budgeting in all MAGI- related programs, a child’s legal father is one of the following: • A man whose name appears on the child’s birth certificate is the legal father unless a court has determined otherwise. • A man who has been declared to be the child’s father by a court order.