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8. Either parent(s) receives SSI, AAF, CAP/DA or CAP/MR/DD.
9. Parent for child financial responsibility continues for children who have been out of the parent(s)'s home less than one month:
a. Financial responsibility ceases at the beginning of the 2nd month;
b. Beginning with the 2nd month, budget the child as a separate individual.
10. Parent-for child financial responsibility ends the month after the child turns 18.
C. Children do not have financial responsibility for parents or siblings.
III. MAABD and MQB SSI Budgeting methodology and definitions
The phrase “SSI Budgeting Methodology” means the budgeting methodology that has been employed since January of 1995. Due to the court case which mandated the use Family Size Budgeting in MQB eligibility determinations, it is necessary to distinguish the two forms of budgeting now in use.
Under SSI Budgeting Methodology there are two different methods to calculate income. One way is to lump all of the income of the individual or couple. The second way is to look at the individual and indirectly count or deem income from the ineligible spouse or parent(s). The method employed depends upon whether the a/b is classified as a “Medicaid Individual,” a “Medicaid Couple,” a “Medicaid Individual with and Ineligible Spouse,” or a “Medicaid Child.”
Living Allowance for Ineligible Child/ Ineligible Spouse is $498 minus the gross income of
the child/spouse.
A. Definitions
To determine the appropriate budgeting method, identify the M-AABD/M-QB a/b as one of the following:
1. Medicaid Individual: A "Medicaid Individual" is an a/b who is:
a. Unmarried and age 18 or older; or
b. Married and living with a spouse who receives AAF, SSI, CAP/DA, or CAP/MR/DD; or
c. Unmarried and under age 18 and living with a parent(s) who receives SSI, AAF, or CAP.
NOTE: If the child lives with both parents and only one of the parents/stepparents receives AAF or SSI, the child is a Medicaid individual.
d. Unmarried and under age 18 and living outside of their parent(s)'s home; or