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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 3

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page iii Chapter 3 Eligibility Determination Groups

3.3.4.A WV WORKS .....................................................................................................35 3.3.4.B Parents/Caretaker Relatives Medicaid, AFDC-Related Medicaid ......................36 3.4 WV WORKS ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION GROUPS ...............................................37 3.4.1 THE ASSISTANCE GROUP (AG) ...........................................................................37 3.4.1.A Who Must Be Included? ...................................................................................37 3.4.1.B Who Must Not Be Included? .............................................................................38 3.4.1.C Who May Choose to Be Included? ...................................................................42 3.4.1.D Treatment of the Minor Parent (mp) in the AG ..................................................43 3.4.1.D.1 Unemancipated Minor Parent (mp) ...............................................................43 3.4.1.D.2 Emancipated Minor Parent (mp) ...................................................................44 3.4.2 THE INCOME GROUP (IG) .....................................................................................44 3.4.3 THE NEEDS GROUP (NG) .....................................................................................45 3.4.4 EXAMPLES OF WV WORKS AG COMPOSITION ..................................................45 3.5 MEDICAID – GENERAL ELIGIBILITY ...........................................................................48 3.6 CHILDREN UNDER AGE 19 MEDICAID .......................................................................49 3.6.1 ASSISTANCE GROUP ............................................................................................49 3.6.2 THE MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME (MAGI) HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROUP (IG) AND NEEDS GROUP (NG) ..............................................................................49 3.7 ADULT GROUP .............................................................................................................50 3.7.1 THE ASSISTANCE GROUP (AG) ...........................................................................50 3.7.1.A Who Must Be Included? ...................................................................................50 3.7.1.B Who Cannot Be Included? ................................................................................50 3.7.2 THE MAGI HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROUP (IG) ...................................................51 3.7.2.A Examples of Applying the Income Rules for Children and Tax Dependents......51 3.7.3 THE MAGI HOUSEHOLD NEEDS GROUP (NG) ....................................................52 3.7.3.A MAGI HOUSEHOLD SIZE EXAMPLES ............................................................54 3.8 PREGNANT WOMEN ....................................................................................................58 3.8.1 THE ASSISTANCE GROUP (AG) ...........................................................................58 3.8.2 THE MAGI HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROUP (IG) AND NEEDS GROUP (NG) .......58 3.9 CONTINUOUSLY ELIGIBLE NEWBORN CHILDREN (CEN) ........................................59