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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION

LOW INCOME FAMILIES (LIF), ADC-RELATED, PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Description: For applicants in the Low Income Families (LIF) and ADC-related categories and pregnant women and children, the household/family size:

Must include: • The applicant and applying family members • Legally responsible relatives o Parents- The household of a parent with joint (equally shared) physical custody of their child who applies with his or her child(ren) includes both the parent and the child(ren). If the other parent in the second household with equally shared physical custody also applies for Medicaid, that household includes that parent and his or her children as well. o Stepparents when the stepparent has acknowledged that s/he is supporting the child. (See OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATIVES PARENTS AND CHILDREN STEP-PARENTS for more information on stepparents.) o Spouses

May include: • Non applying siblings • Non applying related children • Applying related children (e.g. nieces) • Applying care taker relatives (e.g. aunts, uncles, grandparents) if there is no parent in the household AND the designated caretaker relative has taken a parental role for the child. The caretaker relative must be applying and if there is more than one person eligible to be designated as a caretaker relative in the household, only one can be designated as the caretaker for Medicaid purposes (See CATEGORICAL FACTORS ADC-RELATED RELATIONSHIP OF CHILD TO CARETAKER RELATIVE). • Unwed father of an unborn if paternity has been established AND he is making his income available to the pregnant woman • Children under the age of 21 of applying adults • Children eligible under Chaffee provisions • Children in receipt of an adoption subsidy

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