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Page 2 of 3 § 10:69-3.17 Work criteria; determination of principal earner upon filing application, or he or she performed work not covered by such law which, if it had been covered, would (together with any covered work he or she performed) have made him or her eligible to receive such benefits upon filing application; ii. The applicant shall also be informed that refusal to apply for or accept unemployment compensation for which he or she qualifies will render the principal earner and the second ineligible for Medicaid; and 4. The principal earner has six or more quarters of work (as described in (b)4i below), no more than four of which may be quarters of work over his or her lifetime as defined in (b)4i(2) below, within any 13 calendar-quarter period ending within one year prior to the application for such aid; or, within such one- year period, received unemployment compensation under an unemployment compensation law of a State or of the United States; or was qualified (see (b)3i above) for such compensation under the State's unemployment compensation law. i. A "quarter of work" with respect to any individual means a period (of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31) in which: (1) The individual received earned income of not less than $ 50.00; (2) The individual attended full-time, an elementary school, a secondary school, or a vocational or technical training course that is designed to prepare the individual for gainful employment, or in which such individual participated in an education or training program established under the Job Training Partnership Act, Public Law 97-300; or (3) The individual participated in the Community Work Experience Program or WIN (Work Incentive Program) prior to October, 1990, or the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS/REACH or FDP in New Jersey). (c) AFDC-F segment eligibility for families with both natural or adoptive parents in the home when the principal earner does not satisfy the Federal work criteria delineated in (b) above is based on the deprivation of parental support to the children in that family. The following additional sanctions shall apply in AFDC-F segment cases if financial eligibility is the result of voluntary cessation of employment without good cause. 1. If AFDC-F segment financial eligibility is the result of voluntary cessation of employment without good cause including cessation of employment due to inappropriate work habits by either of the applicant parents, regardless of reason, within 90 days prior to the date of application for AFDC-related Medicaid, neither of the parents shall be included in the eligible family. This penalty shall extend for a period of 90 days beginning with the date of the termination of employment. Eligibility shall be considered only for the children in such instances. i. At the end of the 90-day penalty period, the parents may be granted assistance under AFDC-F as long as other non-financial eligibility requirements are satisfied and financial need exists. 2. If an employed primary wage earner (principal wage earner) voluntarily ceases employment for whatever reason without good cause both parents' needs shall be deleted from the eligible family under AFDC-F. History HISTORY: Special amendment, R.2000 d.411, effective September 12, 2000 (to expire March 12, 2001). See: 32 N.J.R. 3598(a). In (b), deleted former 3, and recodified former 4 and 5 as 3 and 4, and in the new 4, amended internal references.