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Families and Children Manual; Section: Financial Eligibility; Policy Manual Number: 010.015; Chapter: ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION GROUP FOR MAGI Legal Authority: 42 CFR 435.603; 42 CFR 435.956 1. Policy Statement Eligibility Determination Group (EDG) for TennCare Medicaid (Child, Pregnant Women and Caretaker Relative categories) and the CoverKids categories will be determined using the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology. MAGI EDG methodology is based on federal tax rules and the principles of tax dependency, however the MAGI rules apply to both applicants who expect to file taxes or be claimed as a tax dependent, and to those applicants who do not file taxes or are not claimed as tax dependents. Each applicant has her own EDG constructed under MAGI rules and it is permissible for applicants who live in the same household to have different EDG sizes. MAGI EDG methodology allows for inclusion of individuals in an applicant’s EDG who, under previous EDG rules, would have been excluded. Individuals who may be included in the applicant’s EDG include: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients, IV-E Adoption Subsidy and Foster Care recipients, and individuals under the age of 19 who are legally married or have been emancipated. 2. Definitions Custodial Parent and Non-Custodial Parent: The custodial parent and non-custodial parent are determined based on a court order, binding separation, divorce, or parenting plan establishing physical custody controls. The custodial parent, also known as the primary residential parent, is the parent with whom the child spends most nights. Eligibility Determination Group Size (EDG): EDG size includes the number of persons counted as members of an individual’s EDG based on the tax household or non-filer household rules. EDG size is a factor in determining what income standard is used. Parent: Parent includes natural or biological, adopted or stepparents. Sibling: Sibling includes natural or biological, adopted, half or stepsiblings. Tax Dependent: Individuals for whom another person, the tax filer, claims a deduction for a personal exemption in a taxable year. For eligibility purposes, tax dependents are individuals who expect to be claimed as such by another taxpayer for the taxable year in which an eligibility determination is made.