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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |103 Effective Month: September 2018 • Absence due to fulfilling military obligation is considered temporary absence; in this instance, a parent who is away from home on military duty is considered part of the budget group unless there is abandonment of the family. Benefits will not be authorized for the person away on military duty. Any family member who is residing elsewhere permanently cannot be considered temporarily absent. 102.11.03 RELATIONSHIP 102.11.03 A MAGI FPL PROGRAMS The responsible adult may be a relative or a non-relative for children eligible in the MAGI-related FPL Medicaid programs and CHIP. Self-declaration is used to verify the relationship of the parent or responsible adult for children for 71,72,73,74 and 99. 102.11.03 B PARENT/CARETAKER PROGRAM (COE-075) To meet the requirement of relationship for the parent/caretaker program (75), a child must live in the home with a legal, biological or stepparent or one of the following relatives within the specified degree of relationship: • Grandfather or grandmother (extends to great, great-great and great-great- great) • A grandparent-in-law is within the required degree. The relationship of grandparent-in-law occurs when one of the child’s grandparents remarries. For instance, if the child’s paternal grandmother dies and his paternal grandfather marries again, this second wife of the child’s grandfather becomes the child’s grandmother-in-law. • Brother or sister (including half-brother and half-sister) • Uncle or aunt (extends to great and great-great) • First cousin, including first cousin once removed (child of a first cousin) • Nephew or niece (extends to great and great-great) • Stepfather or stepmother or • Stepbrother or stepsister