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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 29

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 4 Chapter 29 COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid

29.3 COMMON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 29.3.1 RESIDENCE To be eligible to receive benefits, the client must be a resident of West Virginia. The client must live within the borders of West Virginia for purposes other than vacation. There is no minimum time requirement for how long the client must live or intends to live in West Virginia. The client is not required to maintain a permanent or fixed dwelling. An individual remains a resident of the former state until he arrives in West Virginia with the intention of remaining indefinitely. Therefore, intent to establish or abandon residency must be known before the state of residence is determined. 29.3.2 CITIZENSHIP STATUS The Medicaid policy/procedures in Section 15.7.5 apply to the COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid. See Section 7.4 for citizenship verification requirements for COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid. 29.3.3 ENUMERATION The Medicaid policy in Section 2.7.1 applies to the COVID-19 Testing Group. 29.3.4 OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• They must meet the definition of “uninsured individual”;

o Uninsured individual is defined as any individual that does not have minimum essential coverage under Section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. ▪ Government Sponsored programs:

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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 29

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 4 Chapter 29 COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid

29.3 COMMON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 29.3.1 RESIDENCE To be eligible to receive benefits, the client must be a resident of West Virginia. The client must live within the borders of West Virginia for purposes other than vacation. There is no minimum time requirement for how long the client must live or intends to live in West Virginia. The client is not required to maintain a permanent or fixed dwelling. An individual remains a resident of the former state until he arrives in West Virginia with the intention of remaining indefinitely. Therefore, intent to establish or abandon residency must be known before the state of residence is determined. 29.3.2 CITIZENSHIP STATUS The Medicaid policy/procedures in Section 15.7.5 apply to the COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid. See Section 7.4 for citizenship verification requirements for COVID-19 Testing Group Medicaid. 29.3.3 ENUMERATION The Medicaid policy in Section 2.7.1 applies to the COVID-19 Testing Group. 29.3.4 OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• They must meet the definition of “uninsured individual”;

o Uninsured individual is defined as any individual that does not have minimum essential coverage under Section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. ▪ Government Sponsored programs: