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75 Family Size Annual Income of a Single Parent Family @ 261% FPL +$1* 5% Ceiling Annual Premium Contribution** 1 child $42,387 $2,119 $156 2 children $53,297 $2,665 $312 3 children $64,207 $3,210 $468
8.6. Describe the procedures the State will use to ensure American Indian (as defined by the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 1976) and Alaska Native children will be excluded from cost-sharing. (Section 2103(b)(3)(D)) (42CFR 457.535)
CA RESPONSE: Indian means any individual defined at 25 U.S.C. 1603(13), 1603(28), or 1679(a), or who has been determined eligible as an Indian, under 42 CFR 136.12. This means the individual: (i) Is a member of a Federally recognized Indian tribe; (ii) Resides in an urban center and meets one or more of the four criteria: (A) Is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands, or groups terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the State in which they reside, or who is a descendant, in the first or second degree, of any such member; (B) Is an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native; (C) Is considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or (D) Is determined to be an Indian under regulations issued by the Secretary; (iii) Is considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or (iv) Is considered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be an Indian for purposes of eligibility for Indian health care services, including as Start Printed Page 27868a California Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native. The provision of child health assistance to low income children who are American Indians/Alaskan Natives will be assured through the following procedures: