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N.J.A.C. 10:71-1.2 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 57 No. 12, June 16, 2025 NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 71. MEDICAID ONLY > SUBCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION § 10:71-1.2 Choice of program by applicant (a) An aged, blind or disabled person who desires Medicaid and does not wish to receive a money payment may apply for the Medicaid Only program. To qualify for this program, he/she must have financial eligibility as determined by the regulations and procedures set forth in this chapter. (b) Persons who are neither aged, blind nor disabled qualify for Medicaid benefits when they are determined by the county social services agency to be eligible for AFDC-related Medicaid program. Persons whose eligibility is thus established may choose to receive Medicaid Only benefits without accepting money payments. Regulations governing these programs are set forth in the AFDC-related Medicaid chapter (N.J.A.C. 10:69). History HISTORY: Amended by R.2000 d.415, effective October 16, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2565(a), 32 N.J.R. 3844(a). In (a), substituted "chapter" for "manual"; and rewrote (b). Amended by R.2012 d.025, effective February 6, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 804(a), 44 N.J.R. 230(a). In (b), substituted "welfare agency" for "board of social services". Annotations Notes Chapter Notes Case Notes Social services board erred in denying an application for Medicaid due to excess resources allegedly possessed by the applicant because the fund at issue was a retroactive payment of Social Security disability benefits. Using the methodologies and requirements for SSI as required, and per 20 C.F.R. § 416.1233(a), such funds should have been excluded from the applicant's resources for a period of nine months. Once those funds were removed from the calculation, the applicant did not possess "excess resources" supporting the denial of the application. T.S. v.