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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 January 2024 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0330.000 FAMILIES & CHILDREN GROUPS M0330.200 10

A LIFC child must meet the definition of a dependent child in M0310.111. The adult with whom the child lives must be the child’s parent or caretaker-relative, as defined in M0310.107. The presence of a parent in the home does not impact a stepparent’s eligibility in the LIFC covered group. Both the parent and stepparent may be eligible in the LIFC covered group. When a parent(s) is in the home, no relative (i.e. caretaker/relative) other than another parent or a stepparent can be eligible for Medicaid in the LIFC covered group. C. Financial Eligibility Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology is applicable to the LIFC covered group. The policies and procedures contained in Chapter M04 are used to determine eligibility for LIFC individuals.

1. Basis For Eligibility (“Assistance Unit”) The basis for financial eligibility is the LIFC individual’s MAGI household. See M0430.100. 2. Resources There is no resource test for the LIFC covered group.

3. Income The income limits, policies and procedures used to determine eligibility in the LIFC covered group are contained in Chapter M04.

4. Income Exceeds Limit If the individual’s income exceeds the LIFC income limit, the individual is not eligible as LIFC. Individuals should then be evaluated as MAGI. If over the MAGI limit, LIFC families who have been enrolled in Medicaid for at least three of the past six months and who are no longer eligible due to excess earned income must be evaluated for continued eligibility in LIFC Extended Medicaid. See M1520.400.Ineligible individuals must be referred to the Health Insurance Marketplace for evaluation for the APTC. Spenddown does not apply to the LIFC income limits.

D. Entitlement

Entitlement to Medicaid as an LIFC individual begins the first day of the month in which the Medicaid application is filed, if all eligibility factors are met in that month. Retroactive entitlement, up to three months prior to application, is applicable if all Medicaid eligibility criteria were met during the retroactive period. Children under 19 receive 12 months of continuous eligibility unless they reach age 19; are no longer Virginia residents; the child or child’s representative requests eligibility be closed; the agency determines that eligibility was incorrectly approved because of agency error or fraud, abuse, or perjury attributed to the child or the child's representative; or the child is deceased.

E. Enrollment

The ACs for individuals in the LIFC covered group are: • 081 for an LIFC individual in a family with one or no parent in the home;

• 083 for LIFC individuals in a two-parent (including a stepparent) household.