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MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI MAGI B-140 MAGI MEDICAL CATEGORIES Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Medical Assistance Manual 24 Apr 02 MTL 03/24 EMERGENCY MEDICAID MAGI Eligibility for OBRA cannot continue after the child becomes 13 months old. (e.g., if the child is born on 1/5/14, eligibility for OBRA Medicaid is provided from 1/5/14 through 1/31/15. An RD must be completed for February 2015 and ongoing eligibility). Newborns no longer receive the mother’s aid code. Newborns born to a Medicaid eligible women will be determined eligible for Medicaid based on the household size and income limit starting with CH, then CH1, and will move to CH5 only if the countable income is too high and the newborn would be otherwise ineligible. B-120.2 Nevada Check Up (NCU) - Children with Income Above Medicaid Limits and Below 205% FPL (42 CFR 457) Provides medical assistance to children who: a. are children under 6 with income between 166-205% FPL and children 6-18 with income between 139%-205% and eligible for at least one month of coverage; and b. are not eligible for or currently enrolled in any other Medicaid assistance group; and c. are not currently insured at initial application or annual redetermination (RD) (children with dental, vision and/or insurance coverage inaccessible in Nevada may be evaluated for NCU eligibility. Families may maintain any of the coverage listed here); and • If other medical insurance coverage is obtained during the 12-month NCU enrollment period, enrollment will continue until the time of RD. If at the time of RD, the child/ren have medical insurance coverage, the child/ren must be terminated. d. are not an inmate of a public or penal institution (i.e., Juvenile Justice Centers, law enforcement, etc). Once released, the child will be reinstated to the previously established household status beginning the next administrative month; • Children that are in the custody of Child Welfare Services (such as Division of Child and Family Services) will be terminated from NCU even when there is a reunification plan in place. Note: It is possible for one child in a household to be covered by Medicaid, while another child in the same household is eligible for Nevada Check Up. Verification: Customer statement must be accepted for verification of other insurance and current enrollment status. B-125 CHILDLESS ADULTS / INDIVIDUALS AGE 19 THRU 64 (435.119, 435.911) Provides medical assistance to individuals who are: a. age 19 and under age 65; and b. not pregnant; and