D-4212 Child
Revision 09-4; Effective December 1, 2009
A child is someone who is neither married nor the head of a household, and is:
under age 18; or
under age 22 and a student.
Eligible child for deeming purposes. For deeming purposes, an eligible child is a natural or adopted child under age 18 who lives in a household with one or both parents, is not married and is eligible for Medicaid.
Deeming to such an eligible child no longer applies beginning the month following the month the child attains age 18.
A person attains a particular age on the day preceding the anniversary of his/her birth. Deeming applies in the month of attainment of age 18 regardless of whether an application filed that month is filed before or after the day of attainment.
Ineligible child for deeming purposes. For deeming purposes, an ineligible child must:
be either a natural or adopted child of: an eligible person or the eligible person's spouse; or an ineligible parent or the ineligible parent's spouse;
live in the same household with an eligible person;
not be married; and
be either: under age 18; or under age 22 and a student.
Verification and Documentation Guidelines
Verify an eligible child's date of birth and document the file. Accept the allegation of an ineligible child's age, absent evidence to the contrary.
Accept a person's statement that a parent-child relationship exists.
If a child under age 18 alleges to have no earnings, accept the allegation of student status. If an eligible or ineligible child under age 18 (or a student child age 18 to 22) alleges student status and earnings, verify school attendance and document.
Document an eligible child's income and verify when necessary following general income rules for an eligible person.
If any ineligible children in the household have income, and the ineligible spouse or parent has income that is subject to deeming, verify and document the ineligible child's income. However, if the alleged income exceeds the amount of the ineligible child allocation (that is, no ineligible child allocation applies for that ineligible child), document the allegation, but do not verify the income unless the income would be subject to the student child earned income exclusion. Accept an allegation when any ineligible child living in the household has no income.