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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATIVES (LRRs) PARENTS AND CHILDREN

IV-D REQUIREMENTS

(8) responds to CSEU requests for Medicaid eligibility and payment information via the OHIP-0030, Medicaid Medical Support Transmittal;

(9) at recertification and other client contacts, asks recipients for new and changed information about absent parents, forwards information to the CSEU via the OHIP-0030 form; and

(10) budgets child support as unearned income in a Medicaid- Only case with the $100 child support disregard.

The local district informs the A/R that s/he has a right to claim good cause as an exception to the cooperation requirement. The A/R may refuse to meet any or all of the IV-D requirements when s/he has good cause to do so. The following circumstances are considered good cause:

(1) when cooperation may be against the best interests of the child. Cooperation in establishing paternity or seeking support is deemed to be against the best interest of the child only if the A/R's cooperation in establishing paternity or securing support is reasonably anticipated to result in:

• physical harm to the child for whom support is sought;

• emotional harm to the child for whom support is sought;

• physical harm to the parent or caretaker relative with whom the child is living;

• emotional harm to the parent or caretaker relative with whom the child is living;

(2) the child for whom support is sought was conceived as a result of incest or forcible rape;

(3) legal proceedings for the adoption of the child are pending before a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(MRG)