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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |101 Effective Month: September 2018 • A man who has acknowledged paternity of the child in an Admission of Paternity if there is no legal father either on the birth certificate or in a court order. • A man who married the child’s mother subsequent to the birth and publicly acknowledges that he is the father of the child when there is no legal father listed on the child’s birth certificate and a paternity order has not been issued establishing a different person as the father. • Effective 01/01/2014, a man married to the child’s mother (stepfather). Deprivation Based on Death A child is considered deprived if either or both of his parents are deceased. Deprivation Based on Continued Absence of a Parent Continued absence exists when a parent does not live in the home with the child as the result of divorce, legal separation, desertion, incarceration, long term hospitalization, institutional care, court-ordered removal of the child from the home or because paternity has not been established. Deprivation is also established if the parent is convicted of an offense and sentenced to perform unpaid public work or community service during working hours and is allowed by the court to live at home. However, deprivation does not exist when a parent lives at an address separate and apart from the child, and: • The parent is out of the home solely to seek or accept employment or • The parent is out of the home solely due to active duty in the uniformed service of the United States. • Accept the declaration of the applicant/recipient regarding continued absence unless it is questionable. Deprivation Based on Incapacity A child who lives with biological, legal or adoptive parents is deprived of parental support or care if one or both parents receive Social Security Disability or SSI. Effective 01/01/2014, a stepparent is added to this provision.