Titles of Regulations: 12VAC30-30. Groups Covered and Agencies Responsible for Eligibility Determination (amending 12VAC30-30-10, 12VAC30-30-20, 12VAC30-30-40; adding 12VAC30-30-5).

12VAC30-40. Eligibility Conditions and Requirements (amending 12VAC30-40-10, 12VAC30-40-90, 12VAC30-40-100, 12VAC30-40-150, 12VAC30-40-220, 12VAC30-40-280, 12VAC30-40-290; repealing 12VAC30-40-345).

Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.

Public Hearing Information: No public hearings are scheduled.

Public Comment Deadline: July 12, 2017.

Effective Date: July 27, 2017.

Agency Contact: Emily McClellan, Regulatory Supervisor, Policy Division, Department of Medical Assistance Services, 600 East Broad Street, Suite 1300, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 371-4300, FAX (804) 786-1680, or email emily.mcclellan@dmas.virginia.gov.

Basis: Section 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia grants to the Board of Medical Assistance Services the authority to administer and amend the Plan for Medical Assistance, and § 32.1-324 of the Code of Virginia authorizes the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to administer and amend the Plan for Medical Assistance according to the board's requirements. The Medicaid authority as established by § 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 USC § 1396a) provides governing authority for payments for services.

The Code of Federal Regulations at 42 CFR 435.603 details the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that DMAS implement the modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) methodology to determine the financial eligibility of certain groups of individuals for Medicaid. The amendments in this package implement the federal guidance as directed.

Purpose: The purpose of this action is to bring state regulations into line with federal rules and current Virginia practice. This action does not directly affect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens of the Commonwealth.

Rationale for Using Fast-Track Rulemaking Process: This regulatory action is being promulgated as a fast-track rulemaking action as the changes are noncontroversial. The changes have been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and have been in place since mid-2014 as required by federal regulations. The current changes to the Virginia Administrative Code will comport state regulations with federal rules and current Virginia practice.

Substance: Prior to January 1, 2014, eligibility for Medicaid families and children groups was based on the rules of the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. This program ended in 1997 when it was replaced by Congress with block grants to the states. However, the Medicaid program continued to use those rules in determining eligibility for children younger than age 19 years, parent/caretaker relatives and pregnant women.

In addition, prior to January 1, 2014, there was no provision for covering former foster care children younger than age 26 years.

With the implementation of the use of MAGI rules for determining eligibility as required by the ACA, rules based on the old AFDC program can no longer be used. States are mandated to use MAGI rules in determining eligibility for those populations. States are also required to cover the group of former foster care children.

The Commonwealth has a mandate from CMS to use MAGI rules in determining eligibility as required by the ACA. Additionally, the Commonwealth has a mandate to cover former foster care children. There is no option except to use the new federal rules. DMAS submitted its MAGI State Plan changes to CMS, and they have been approved.

Issues: These changes create no disadvantages to the public, the agency, the Commonwealth, the regulated community, or the public. The advantages of these changes are that they will bring DMAS rules into compliance with federal requirements, which will allow DMAS to continue to collect federal matching funds.

Department of Planning and Budget's Economic Impact Analysis:

Summary of the Proposed Amendments to Regulation. On behalf of the Board of Medical Assistance Services, the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services proposes to amend these regulations to reflect a change in Medicaid eligibility methodology mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Result of Analysis. The benefits exceed the costs for all proposed changes.

Estimated Economic Impact. Prior to January 1, 2014, eligibility for Medicaid Families and Children groups was based on the rules of the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. This program ended in 1997 when it was replaced by Congress with block grants to the states. However, the Medicaid program continued to use those rules in determining eligibility for children younger than the age 19, parent/caretaker relatives and pregnant women. In addition, prior to January 1, 2014, there was no provision for covering former foster care children younger than age 26.

Effective January 1, 2014, ACA required eligibility for health coverage under all health insurance affordability programs – including Medicaid -- to be based on a new Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology. Calculating applicants' MAGI eligibility entails defining household composition and executing income-counting procedures based on Internal Revenue Service rules. These changes were required by the federal law to be made in State Plans for Medical Assistance.

These changes impact eligibility determinations for children younger than age 19, certain groups of children younger than age 21, pregnant women, and parent/caretaker relatives and therefore, require a change in current regulations. An additional change mandated by the ACA requires states to cover former foster care children between the ages of 18 and 26 who were receiving foster care and Medicaid on their 18th birthday and subsequently aged out of the program.

With the implementation of the use of MAGI rules for determining eligibility as required by the ACA, rules based on the old AFDC program can no longer be used. States are mandated to use MAGI rules in determining eligibility for those populations. States are also required to cover the group of former foster care children. The Commonwealth has a mandate from CMS to use MAGI rules in determining eligibility as required by the ACA. Additionally, the Commonwealth has a mandate to cover former foster care children. There is no option except to use the new federal rules. DMAS submitted its MAGI State Plan changes to CMS and they have been approved. Pursuant to the federal mandate, the adoption of the MAGI methodology has already been adopted into the State Plan and is in effect. Thus, the proposal to amend these regulations to reflect the federally mandated change in Medicaid eligibility methodology will have no impact beyond reducing the likelihood that readers of the regulations are misled as toward the methodology that is in effect.

Businesses and Entities Affected. The proposed amendments affect readers of these regulations who may have been misled as to the Medicaid eligibility methodology that is in effect.

Localities Particularly Affected. The proposed amendments do not disproportionately affect particular localities.

Projected Impact on Employment. The proposed amendments do not affect employment.

Effects on the Use and Value of Private Property. The proposed amendments do not affect the use and value of private property.

Real Estate Development Costs. The proposed amendments do not affect real estate development costs.

Small Businesses:

Definition. Pursuant to § 2.2-4007.04 of the Code of Virginia, small business is defined as "a business entity, including its affiliates, that (i) is independently owned and operated and (ii) employs fewer than 500 full-time employees or has gross annual sales of less than $6 million."

Costs and Other Effects. The proposed amendments do not significantly affect costs for small businesses.

Alternative Method that Minimizes Adverse Impact. The proposed amendments do not adversely affect small businesses.

Adverse Impacts: 

Businesses. The proposed amendments do not adversely affect businesses.

Localities. The proposed amendments do not adversely affect localities.

Other Entities. The proposed amendments do not adversely affect other entities.

Agency's Response to Economic Impact Analysis: The agency has reviewed the economic impact analysis prepared by the Department of Planning and Budget regarding the regulations concerning modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) methodology. The agency concurs with this analysis.

Summary:

As required by federal law, the amendments establish that eligibility for health coverage under all health insurance affordability programs, including Medicaid, is based on the modified adjusted gross income methodology.

12VAC30-30-5. Definitions.

The follows words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Social Security Act (42 USC §§ 301 through 1397mm).

"MAGI" means modified adjusted gross income and is an eligibility methodology for how income is counted and how household composition and family size are determined. MAGI is based on federal tax rules for determining adjusted gross income.

"SSI" means supplemental security income.

"SSP" means state supplementary payment.

"Title IV-A" means Title IV, Part A of the Social Security Act, 42 USC §§ 601 through 619.

"Title IV-A agency" means the agency described in 42 USC § 602(a)(4).

"Title XIX" means Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 USC §§ 1396 through 1396w-5.

12VAC30-30-10. Mandatory coverage: categorically needy and other required special groups.

The Title IV-A agency or the Department of Medical Assistance Services Central Processing Unit determines eligibility for Title XIX services. The following groups shall be eligible for medical assistance as specified:

1. Recipients of AFDC.

a. The approved state AFDC plan includes:

(1) Families with an unemployed parent for the mandatory six-month period and an optional extension of 0 months.

(2) AFDC children age 18 who are full-time students in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training.

b. The standards for AFDC payments are listed in 12VAC30-40-220.

2. Deemed recipients of AFDC.

a. Individuals denied a Title IV-A cash payment solely because the amount would be less than $10.

b. Effective October 1, 1990, participants in a work supplementation program under Title IV-A and any child or relative of such individual (or other individual living in the same household as such individuals) who would be eligible for AFDC if there were no work supplementation program, in accordance with § 482(e)(6) of the Act.

c. Individuals whose AFDC payments are reduced to zero by reason of recovery of overpayment of AFDC funds.

d. An assistance unit deemed to be receiving AFDC for a period of four calendar months because the family becomes ineligible for AFDC as a result of collection or increased collection of support and meets the requirements of § 406(h) of the Act.

e. Individuals deemed to be receiving AFDC who meet the requirements of § 473(b)(1) or (2) for whom an adoption of assistance agreement is in effect or foster care maintenance payments are being made under Title IV-E of the Act.

3. Effective October 1, 1990, qualified family members who would be eligible to receive AFDC under § 407 of the Act because the principal wage earner is unemployed.

4. Families terminated from AFDC solely because of earnings, hours of employment, or loss of earned income disregards entitled up to 12 months of extended benefits in accordance with § 1925 of the Act.

5. Individuals who are ineligible for AFDC solely because of eligibility requirements that are specifically prohibited under Medicaid. Included are:

a. Families denied AFDC solely because of income and resources deemed to be available from:

(1) Stepparents who are not legally liable for support of stepchildren under a state law of general applicability;

(2) Grandparents;

(3) Legal guardians; and

(4) Individual alien sponsors (who are not spouses of the individual or the individual's parent).

b. Families denied AFDC solely because of the involuntary inclusion of siblings who have income and resources of their own in the filing unit.

c. Families denied AFDC because the family transferred a resource without receiving adequate compensation.

6. Individuals who would be eligible for AFDC except for the increases in OASDI benefits under P.L. 92-336 (July 1, 1972), who were entitled to OASDI in August 1972 and who were receiving cash assistance in August 1972.

a. Includes persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance but had not applied in August 1972 (this group was included in the state's August 1972 plan).

b. Includes persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance in August 1972 if not in a medical institution or intermediate care facility (this group was included in this state's August 1972 plan).

7. Qualified pregnant women and children.

a. A pregnant woman whose pregnancy has been medically verified who:

(1) Would be eligible for an AFDC cash payment if the child had been born and was living with her;

(2) Is a member of a family that would be eligible for aid to families with dependent children of unemployed parents if the state had an AFDC-unemployed parents program; or

(3) Would be eligible for an AFDC cash payment on the basis of the income and resource requirements of the state's approved AFDC plan.

b. Children born after September 30, 1973 (specify optional earlier date), who are under age 19 and who would be eligible for an AFDC cash payment on the basis of the income and resource requirements of the state's approved AFDC plan.

12VAC30-40-280 and 12VAC30-40-290 describe the more liberal methods of treating income and resources under § 1902(r)(2) of the Act.

8. Pregnant women and infants under one year of age with family incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level who are described in §§ 1902(a) (10)(A)(i)(IV) and 1902(l)(A) and (B) of the Act. The income level for this group is specified in 12VAC30-40-220.

9. Children:

a. Who have attained one year of age but have not attained six years of age, with family incomes at or below 133% of the federal poverty levels.

b. Born after September 30, 1983, who have attained six years of age but have not attained 19 years of age, with family incomes at or below 100% of the federal poverty levels.

Income levels for these groups are specified in 12VAC30-40-220.

10. Individuals other than qualified pregnant women and children under subdivision 7 of this section who are members of a family that would be receiving AFDC under § 407 of the Act if the state had not exercised the option under § 407(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Act to limit the number of months for which a family may receive AFDC.

11. a. A woman who, while pregnant, was eligible for, applied for, and receives Medicaid under the approved state plan on the day her pregnancy ends. The woman continues to be eligible, as though she were pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum medical assistance under the plan for a 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) and for any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.

b. A pregnant women who would otherwise lose eligibility because of an increase in income (of the family in which she is a member) during the pregnancy or the postpartum period which extends through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of pregnancy) ends.

1. Parents and other caretaker relatives of dependent children with household income at or below a standard established by the state in 12VAC30-40-100 consistent with 42 CFR 435.110 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l) and 1931(b) of the Social Security Act. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:

a. Parents, other caretaker relatives (defined at 42 CFR 435.4) including pregnant women, or dependent children (defined at 42 CFR 435.4) younger than the age of 18 years. This group includes individuals who are parents or other caretaker relatives of children who are 18 years of age provided the children are full-time students in a secondary school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training and are expected to complete such school or training before their 19th birthday.

b. Spouses of parents and other caretaker relatives shall include other relatives of the child based on blood (including those of half-blood), adoption, or marriage. Other relatives of a specified degree of the dependent child shall include any blood relative (including those of half-blood) and including (i) first cousins; (ii) nephews or nieces; (iii) persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great; (iv) stepbrother; (v) stepsister; (vi) a relative by adoption following entry of the interlocutory or final order, whichever is first; (vii) the same relatives by adoption as listed in this subdivision 1 b; and (viii) spouses of any persons named in this subdivision 1 b even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.

MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.

2. Women who are pregnant or postpartum with household income at or below a standard established by the Commonwealth in 12VAC30-40-100, consistent with 42CFR 435.116 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(III) and (IV), 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(I) and (IX), and 1931(b) of the Act. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall be pregnant or postpartum as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.

a. A woman who, while pregnant, was eligible for, applied for, and received Medicaid under the approved state plan on the day her pregnancy ends. The woman continues to be eligible, as though she were pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum medical assistance under the plan for a 60-day period, beginning on the last day of her pregnancy, and for any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.

b. A pregnant woman who would otherwise lose eligibility because of an increase in income of the family in which she is a member during the pregnancy or the postpartum period that extends through the end of the month in which the 60-day period, beginning on the last day of pregnancy, ends.

MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.

3. Infants and children younger than the age of 19 years with household income at or below standards based on this age group, consistent with 42 CFR 435.118 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (IV) and (VIII); 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IV) and (IX); and 1931(b) of the Act. Children qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:

a. They are younger than the age of 19 years; and

b. They have a household income at or below the standard established by the Commonwealth.

MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.

4. Former foster care children younger than the age of 26 years who are not otherwise mandatorily eligible in another Medicaid classification, who were on Medicaid and in foster care when they turned age 18 years, or who aged out of foster care. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:

a. They shall be younger than the age of 26 years;

b. They shall not be otherwise eligible for and enrolled for mandatory coverage under the state plan; and

c. They were in foster care under the responsibility of any state or a federally recognized tribe and were enrolled in Medicaid under the state plan of that state when they turned age 18 years or at the time of aging out of the foster care program.

5. Families terminated from coverage under § 1931 of the Act solely because of earnings or hours of employment shall be entitled to up to 12 months of extended benefits in accordance with § 1925 of the Act.

12. 6. A child born to a woman who is eligible for and receiving Medicaid on the date of the child's birth. The child is deemed to have applied and been found eligible for Medicaid on the date of birth and remains eligible for one year from birth, as long as he remains a resident of the Commonwealth. A redetermination of eligibility must be completed on behalf of the deemed child at age one year and annually thereafter so long as he remains eligible.

13. 7. Aged, blind, and disabled individuals receiving cash assistance.

a. Individuals who meet more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than the SSI requirements. (This includes persons who qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or who meet the eligibility requirements for SSI status under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act and who met the state's more restrictive requirements for Medicaid in the month before the month they qualified for SSI under § 1619(a) or met the requirements under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act. Medicaid eligibility for these individuals continues as long as they continue to meet the § 1619(a) eligibility standard or the requirements of § 1619(b) of the Act.)

b. These persons include the aged, the blind, and the disabled.

c. Protected SSI children (pursuant to § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(II) of the Act) (P.L. 105-33 § 4913). Children who meet the pre-welfare reform definition of childhood disability who lost their SSI coverage solely as a result of the change in the definition of childhood disability, and who also meet the more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than the SSI requirements.

d. The more restrictive categorical eligibility criteria are described below: (1) See in 12VAC30-30-40.

(2) Financial criteria are described in 12VAC30-40-10.

14. 8. Qualified severely impaired blind and disabled individuals under age 65 years who:

a. For the month preceding the first month of eligibility under the requirements of § 1905(q)(2) of the Act, received SSI, a state supplemental supplementary payment (SSP) under § 1616 of the Act or under § 212 of P.L. 93-66 or benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act and were eligible for Medicaid; or

b. For the month of June 1987, were considered to be receiving SSI under § 1619(b) of the Act and were eligible for Medicaid. These individuals must:

(1) Continue to meet the criteria for blindness or have the disabling physical or mental impairment under which the individual was found to be disabled;

(2) Except for earnings, continue to meet all nondisability-related requirements for eligibility for SSI benefits;

(3) Have unearned income in amounts that would not cause them to be ineligible for a payment under § 1611(b) of the Act;

(4) Be seriously inhibited by the lack of Medicaid coverage in their ability to continue to work or obtain employment; and

(5) Have earnings that are not sufficient to provide for himself or herself a reasonable equivalent of the Medicaid, SSI (including any federally administered SSP), or public funded attendant care services that would be available if he or she did have such earnings.

The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements for Medicaid than under SSI and under 42 CFR 435.121. Individuals who qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or individuals described above who meet the eligibility requirements for SSI benefits under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act and who met the state's more restrictive requirements in the month before the month they qualified for SSI under § 1619(a) or met the requirements of § 1619(b)(1) of the Act are covered. Eligibility for these individuals continues as long as they continue to qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or meet the SSI requirements under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act.

15. 9. Except in states that apply more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than under SSI, blind or disabled individuals who:

a. Are at least 18 years of age; and

b. Lose SSI eligibility because they become entitled to Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) child's benefits under § 202(d) of the Act or an increase in these benefits based on their disability. Medicaid eligibility for these individuals continues for as long as they would be eligible for SSI, absence their OASDI eligibility.

The state does not apply more restrictive income eligibility requirements than those under SSI.

16. 10. Except in states that apply more restrictive eligibility requirements for Medicaid than under SSI, individuals who are ineligible for SSI or optional state supplements (if the agency provides Medicaid under § 435.230 of the Act), because of requirements that do not apply under Title XIX of the Act.

17. 11. Individuals receiving mandatory state supplements.

18. 12. Individuals who in December 1973 were eligible for Medicaid as an essential spouse and who have continued, as spouse, to live with and be essential to the well-being of a recipient of cash assistance. The recipient with whom the essential spouse is living continues to meet the December 1973 eligibility requirements of the state's approved plan for OAA Old Age Assistance, AB Aid to the Blind, APTD Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, or AABD Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled and the spouse continues to meet the December 1973 requirements for have his or her needs included in computing the cash payment.

In December 1973, Medicaid coverage of the essential spouse was limited to: the aged;, the blind;, and the disabled.

19. 13. Institutionalized individuals who were eligible for Medicaid in December 1973 as inpatients of Title XIX medical institutions or residents of Title XIX intermediate care facilities, if, for each consecutive month after December 1973, they:

a. Continue to meet the December 1973 Medicaid State Plan eligibility requirements;

b. Remain institutionalized; and

c. Continue to need institutional care.

20. 14. Blind and disabled individuals who:

a. Meet all current requirements for Medicaid eligibility except the blindness or disability criteria;

b. Were eligible for Medicaid in December 1973 as blind or disabled; and

c. For each consecutive month after December 1973 continue to meet December 1973 eligibility criteria.

21. 15. Individuals who would be SSI/SSP eligible except for the increase in OASDI benefits under P.L. 92-336 (July 1, 1972), who were entitled to OASDI in August 1972, and who were receiving cash assistance in August 1972.

This includes persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance but had not applied in August 1972 (this group was included in this state's August 1972 plan), and persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance in August 1972 if not in a medical institution or intermediate care facility (this group was included in this state's August 1972 plan).

22. 16. Individuals who:

a. Are receiving OASDI and were receiving SSI/SSP but became ineligible for SSI/SSP after April 1977; and

b. Would still be eligible for SSI or SSP if cost-of-living increases in OASDI paid under § 215(i) of the Act received after the last month for which the individual was eligible for and received SSI/SSP and OASDI, concurrently, were deducted from income.

The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements than those under SSI and the amount of increase that caused SSI/SSP ineligibility and subsequent increases are deducted when determining the amount of countable income for categorically needy eligibility.

23. 17. Disabled widows and widowers who would be eligible for SSI or SSP except for the increase in their OASDI benefits as a result of the elimination of the reduction factor required by § 134 of P.L. 98-21 and who are deemed, for purposes of Title XIX, to be SSI beneficiaries or SSP beneficiaries for individuals who would be eligible for SSP only, under § 1634(b) of the Act.

The state does not apply more restrictive income eligibility standards than those under SSI.

24. 18. Disabled widows, disabled widowers, and disabled unmarried divorced spouses who had been married to the insured individual for a period of at least 10 years before the divorce became effective, who have attained the age of 50, who are receiving Title II payments, and who because of the receipt of Title II income lost eligibility for SSI or SSP which they received in the month prior to the month in which they began to receive Title II payments, who would be eligible for SSI or SSP if the amount of the Title II benefit were not counted as income, and who are not entitled to Medicare Part A.

The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements for its blind or disabled than those of the SSI program.

25. 19. Qualified Medicare beneficiaries:

a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A (but not pursuant to an enrollment under § 1818 of the Act);

b. Whose income does not exceed 100% of the federal level; and

c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI or, effective January 1, 2010, the resource limit set for the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy Program.

(Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare cost sharing as defined in item 3.2 of this plan.)

26. 20. Qualified disabled and working individuals:

a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A under § 1818A of the Act;

b. Whose income does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level;

c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI; and

d. Who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Title XIX of the Act.

(Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare Part A premiums under §§ 1818 and 1818A of the Act.)

27. 21. Specified low-income Medicare beneficiaries:

a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A (but not pursuant to an enrollment under § 1818A of the Act);

b. Whose income for calendar years 1993 and 1994 exceeds the income level in subdivision 25 b of this section, but is less than 110% of the federal poverty level, and whose income for calendar years beginning 1995 is less than 120% of the federal poverty level; and

c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI or, effective January 1, 2010, the resource limit set for the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy Program.

(Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare Part B premiums under § 1839 of the Act.)

28. 22. a. Each person to whom SSI benefits by reason of disability are not payable for any month solely by reason of clause (i) or (v) of § 1611(e)(3)(A) shall be treated, for purposes of Title XIX, as receiving SSI benefits for the month.

b. The state applies more restrictive eligibility standards than those under SSI. Individuals whose eligibility for SSI benefits are based solely on disability who are not payable for any months solely by reason of clause (i) or (v) of § 1611(e)(3)(A) and who continue to meet the more restrictive requirements for Medicaid eligibility under the state plan, are eligible for Medicaid as categorically needy.

12VAC30-30-20. Optional groups other than the medically needy.

The Title IV A IV-A agency determines eligibility for Title XIX services. The following groups are eligible:

1. Caretakers and pregnant women who meet the income and resource requirements of AFDC but who do not receive cash assistance.

2. 1. Individuals who would be eligible for AFDC, SSI or an optional state supplement as specified in 42 CFR 435.230, if they were not in a medical institution.

3. 2. A group or groups of individuals who would be eligible for Medicaid under the plan if they were in a nursing facility (NF) or an ICF/MR intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID), who but for the provision of home and community-based services under a waiver granted under 42 CFR Part 441, Subpart G would require institutionalization, and who will receive home and community-based services under the waiver. The group or groups covered are listed in the waiver request. This option is effective on the effective date of the state's § 1915(c) waiver under which this group is or these groups are covered. In the event an existing § 1915(c) waiver is amended to cover this group or these groups, this option is effective on the effective date of the amendment.

4. 3. Individuals who would be eligible for Medicaid under the plan if they were in a medical institution, who are terminally ill, and who receive hospice care in accordance with a voluntary election described in § 1905(o) of the Act.

5. 4. The state Commonwealth does not cover all individuals who are not described in § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Act, who meet the income and resource requirements of the AFDC state plan and who are under younger than the age of 21 years. The state Commonwealth does cover reasonable classifications of these individuals as follows:

a. Individuals for whom public agencies are assuming full or partial financial responsibility and who are:

(1) In foster homes (and are under younger than the age of 21 years).

(2) In private institutions (and are under younger than the age of 21 years).

(3) In addition to the group under subdivisions 5 4 a (1) and 4 a (2) of this section, individuals placed in foster homes or private institutions by private nonprofit agencies (and are under younger than the age of 21 years).

b. Individuals in adoptions subsidized in full or part by a public agency (who are under younger than the age of 21 years).

c. Individuals in NFs (who are under younger than the age of 21 years). NF services are provided under this plan.

d. In addition to the group under subdivision 5 4 c of this section, individuals in ICFs/MR ICF/IIDs (who are under younger than the age of 21 years).

MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.

6. 5. A child for whom there is in effect a state adoption assistance agreement (other than under Title IV-E of the Act), who, as determined by the state adoption agency, cannot be placed for adoption without medical assistance because the child has special care needs for medical or rehabilitative care, and who before execution of the agreement:

a. Was was eligible for Medicaid under the state's approved Medicaid plan; or

b. Would have been eligible for Medicaid if the standards and methodologies of the Title IV-E foster care program were applied rather than the AFDC standards and methodologies.

The state Commonwealth covers individuals under younger than the age of 21 years.

MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.

7. 6. Section 1902(f) states and SSI criteria states without agreements under §§ 1616 and 1634 of the Act. The following groups of individuals who receive a state supplementary payment under an approved optional state supplementary payment program that meets the following conditions. The supplement is:

a. Based on need and paid in cash on a regular basis.

b. Equal to the difference between the individual's countable income and the income standard used to determine eligibility for the supplement.

c. Available to all individuals in each classification and available on a statewide basis.

d. Paid to one or more of the following classifications of individuals:

(1) Aged individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.

(2) Blind individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.

(3) Disabled individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.

(4) Individuals receiving a state administered optional state supplement that meets the conditions specified in 42 CFR 435.230.

The supplement varies in income standard by political subdivisions according to cost-of-living differences.

The standards for optional state supplementary payments are listed in 12VAC30-40-250.

8. 7. Individuals who are in institutions for at least 30 consecutive days and who are eligible under a special income level. Eligibility begins on the first day of the 30-day period. These individuals meet the income standards specified in 12VAC30-40-220.

The state Commonwealth covers all individuals as described above in this subdivision.

9. 8. Individuals who are 65 years of age or older or who are disabled as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Act, whose income does not exceed the income level specified in 12VAC30-40-220 for a family of the same size, and whose resources do not exceed the maximum amount allowed under SSI.

10. 9. Individuals required to enroll in cost-effective employer-based group health plans remain eligible for a minimum enrollment period of one month.

11. Women 10. Individuals who have been screened for breast or cervical cancer under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program established under Title XV of the Public Health Service Act in accordance with § 1504 of the Public Health Service Act and need treatment for breast or cervical cancer, including a pre-cancerous condition of the breast or cervix. These women individuals are not otherwise covered under creditable coverage, as defined in § 2701(c) of the Public Health Services Act, are not eligible for Medicaid under any mandatory categorically needy eligibility group, and have not attained age 65.

12. 11. Individuals who may qualify for the Medicaid Buy-In program under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) of the Social Security Act (Ticket to Work Act) if they meet the requirements for the 80% eligibility group described in 12VAC30-40-220, as well as the requirements described in 12VAC30-40-105 and 12VAC30-110-1500.

12VAC30-30-40. Reasonable classifications of individuals under younger than the age of 21, 20, 19, and or 18 years.

See The reasonable classifications of individuals younger than the age of 21, 20, 19, or 18 years are set out in subdivision 5 4 of 12VAC30-30-20. See and subdivision 5 of 12VAC30-30-30.

Part I
General Conditions of Eligibility

12VAC30-40-10. General conditions of eligibility.

Each individual covered under the plan:

1. Is financially eligible (using the methods and standards described in Parts II (12VAC30-40-20 through 12VAC30-40-80) and III (12VAC30-40-90 through 12VAC30-40-210) of this chapter) to receive services.

2. Meets the applicable nonfinancial eligibility conditions.

a. For the categorically needy:

(1) Except as specified under subdivisions 2 a (2) and 2 a (3) of this section, for AFDC-related Title IV-E individuals, meets covered under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(1), meet the nonfinancial eligibility conditions of the AFDC Medicaid program.

(2) For SSI-related individuals, meets meet the nonfinancial criteria of the SSI program or more restrictive SSI-related categorically needy criteria.

(3) For financially eligible parent/caretaker relatives, pregnant women, infants, or children covered under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VI), 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VII), and 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX), and 1931 of the Social Security Act (Act), meets meet the nonfinancial criteria of § 1902(l) of the Act.

(4) For financially eligible aged and disabled individuals covered under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(X) of the Act, meets meet the nonfinancial criteria of § 1902(m) of the Act.

b. For the medically needy, meets meet the nonfinancial eligibility conditions of 42 CFR Part 435.

c. For financially eligible qualified Medicare beneficiaries covered under § 1902(a)(10)(E)(i) of the Act, meets meet the nonfinancial criteria of § 1905(p) of the Act.

d. For financially eligible qualified disabled and working individuals covered under § 1902(a)(10)(E)(ii) of the Act, meets meet the nonfinancial criteria of § 1905(s).

3. Is residing in the United States and: May receive Medicaid eligibility if otherwise eligible. The Commonwealth provides Medicaid to citizens and nationals of the United States and certain noncitizens consistent with requirements of 42 CFR 435.406, including during a reasonable opportunity period pending verification of their citizenship, national status, or satisfactory immigration status. The Commonwealth provides Medicaid eligibility to otherwise eligible individuals:

a. Is a citizen Who are citizens or national nationals of the United States;.

b. Is a Who are qualified alien noncitizens as defined under Public Law 104-193 who arrived in the United States prior to August 22, 1996; in § 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) (8 USC § 1641) or whose eligibility is required by § 402(b) of PRWORA (8 USC § 1612(b)) and certain qualified noncitizens whose eligibility is not prohibited by § 403 of PRWORA (8 USC § 1613); and

(1) The Commonwealth requires lawful permanent residents to have 40 qualifying work quarters under Title II of the Social Security Act;

(2) The Commonwealth limits eligibility to seven years for certain noncitizens, including those admitted to the United States as a:

(a) Refugee under § 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 USC § 1101 et seq.);

(b) Aslyee under § 208 of the INA;

(c) Deportee whose deportation is withheld under § 243(h) or 241(b)(3) of the INA;

(d) Cuban-Haitian entrant, as defined in § 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;

(e) Amerasian; or

(f) Victim of a severe form of trafficking.

c. Is a qualified alien as defined under Public Law 104-193 who arrived in the United States on or after August 22, 1996, and whose coverage is mandated by Public Law 104-193; Who have declared themselves to be citizens or nationals of the United States, or any individual having satisfactory immigration status, during a reasonable opportunity period pending verification of their citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status consistent with requirements of §§ 1903(x), 1137(d), and 1902(ee) of the Act and 42 CFR 435.406, and 956.

d. Is an alien Who is a noncitizen, who is not a qualified alien noncitizen, or who is a qualified alien noncitizen who arrived in the United States on or after August 22, 1996, whose coverage is not mandated by Public Law P.L. 104-193 (coverage must be restricted to certain emergency services); or

e. Is an alien Who is a noncitizen who is a pregnant woman or who is a child under younger than the age of 19 years who is legally residing in the United States and whose coverage is authorized under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). CHIPRA provides for coverage of the following individuals:

(1) A qualified alien noncitizen as defined in § 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996;

(2) An alien A noncitizen in nonimmigrant status who has not violated the terms of the status under which he was admitted or to which he has changed after admission;

(3) An alien A noncitizen who has been paroled into the United States pursuant to § 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for less than one year, except for an alien a noncitizen paroled for prosecution, for deferred inspection, or pending removal proceedings;

(4) An alien A noncitizen who belongs to one of the following classes:

(a) Individuals currently in temporary resident status pursuant to § 210 or 245A of the INA;

(b) Individuals currently under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) pursuant to § 244 of the INA and pending applicants to TPS who have been granted employment authorization;

(c) Aliens Noncitizens who have been granted employment authorization under 8 USC § 274a.12(c)(9), (10), (16), (18), (20), (22), or (24);

(d) Family unity beneficiaries pursuant to § 301 of Public Law P.L. No. 101-649 as amended;

(e) Aliens Noncitizens currently under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) pursuant to a decision made by the President of the United States;

(f) Aliens Noncitizens currently in deferred action status; and

(g) Aliens Noncitizens whose visa petition has petitions have been approved and who have a pending application for adjustment of status;

(5) A Noncitizens who are pending applicant applicants for asylum under § 208(a) of the INA or for withholding of removal under § 241(b)(3) of the INA or under the Convention against Torture who has been granted employment authorization, and such an applicant under younger than the age of 14 years who has had an application pending for at least 180 days;

(6) An alien A noncitizen who has been granted withholding of removal under the Convention against Torture;

(7) A child who has a pending application for Special Immigrant Juvenile status as described in § 101(a)(27)(J) of the INA;

(8) An alien A noncitizen who is lawfully present in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under 48 USC § 1806(e); or

(9) An alien A noncitizen who is lawfully present in American Samoa under the immigration laws of American Samoa.

4. Is a resident of the state Commonwealth, regardless of whether or not the individual maintains the residence permanently or maintains the residence as a fixed address. The state has open interstate residency agreements.

5. Is not an inmate of a public institution. Public institutions do not include medical institutions, nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, publicly operated community residences that serve no more than 16 residents, or certain child care institutions.

6. a. Is required, as a condition of eligibility, to assign rights to medical support and to payments for medical care from any third party, to cooperate in obtaining such support and payments, and to cooperate in identifying and providing information to assist in pursuing any liable third party. The assignment of rights obtained from an applicant or recipient is effective only for services that are reimbursed by Medicaid. The requirements of 42 CFR 433.146 through 433.148 are met.

b. Shall also cooperate in establishing the paternity of any eligible child and in obtaining medical support and payments for himself or herself and any other person who is eligible for Medicaid and on whose behalf the individual can make an assignment; except that individuals described in § 1902(l)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (pregnant women and women in the postpartum period) are exempt from these requirements involving paternity and obtaining support. Any individual may be exempt from the cooperation requirements by demonstrating good cause for refusing to cooperate.

c. Shall also cooperate in identifying any third party who may be liable to pay for care that is covered under the state plan and providing information to assist in pursuing these third parties. Any individual may be exempt from the cooperation requirements by demonstrating good cause for refusing to cooperate.

7. a. Is required, as a condition of eligibility, to furnish his social security account number (or numbers, if he has more than one number) except for aliens noncitizens seeking medical assistance for the treatment of an emergency medical condition under § 1903(v)(2) of the Social Security Act (§ 1137(f)).

b. Is required, under § 1903(x) to furnish satisfactory documentary evidence of both identity and of U.S. citizenship upon signing the declaration of citizenship required by § 1137(d) unless citizenship and identity has been verified by the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to § 211 of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), or the individual is otherwise exempt from this requirement. Qualified aliens noncitizens signing the declaration of satisfactory immigration status must also present and have verified documents establishing the claimed immigration status. Exception: Nonqualified aliens noncitizens seeking medical assistance for the treatment of an emergency medical condition under § 1903(v)(2).

8. Is not required to apply for AFDC public assistance cash benefits under Title IV-A as a condition of applying for, or receiving Medicaid if the individual is a pregnant women, infant, or child that the state elects to cover under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV) and 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) of the Act.

9. Is not required, as an individual child or pregnant woman, to meet requirements under § 402(a)(43) of the Act to be in certain living arrangements. (Prior to terminating AFDC individuals who do not meet such requirements under a state's AFDC plan, the agency determines if they are otherwise eligible under the state's Medicaid plan.)

10. 9. Is required to apply for coverage under Medicare A, B and/or or D, or any combination of Medicaid A, B, and D, if it is likely that the individual would meet the eligibility criteria for any or all of those programs. The state agrees to pay any applicable premiums and cost-sharing (except those applicable under Part D) for individuals required to apply for Medicare. Application for Medicare is a condition of eligibility unless the state does not pay the Medicare premiums, deductibles or co-insurance (except those applicable under Part D) for persons covered by the Medicaid eligibility group under which the individual is applying.

11. 10. Is required, as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid payment of long-term care services, to disclose at the time of application for or renewal of Medicaid eligibility, a description of any interest the individual or his spouse has in an annuity (or similar financial instrument as may be specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services). By virtue of the provision of medical assistance, the state shall become a remainder beneficiary for all annuities purchased on or after February 8, 2006.

12. 11. Is ineligible for Medicaid payment of nursing facility or other long-term care services if the individual's equity interest in his home exceeds $500,000. This dollar amount shall be increased beginning with 2011 from year to year based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers rounded to the nearest $1,000.

This provision shall not apply if the individual's spouse, or the individual's child who is under age 21 years or who is disabled, as defined in § 1614 of the Social Security Act, is lawfully residing in the individual's home.

Part III
Financial Eligibility

Subpart Article 1
General

12VAC30-40-90. Income and resource levels and methods.

A. For individuals who are AFDC or AFDC-related medically needy or SSI recipients, the income and resource levels and methods for determining countable income and resources of the AFDC and SSI program apply, unless the plan provides for more restrictive levels and methods than SSI for SSI recipients under § 1902(f) of the Act, or more liberal methods under § 1902(r)(2) of the Act, as specified below in this section.

B. For individuals who are not AFDC or AFDC-related medically needy or SSI recipients in a non-section 1902(f) State state and those who are deemed to be cash assistance recipients, the financial eligibility requirements specified in this subpart article apply.

C. 12VAC30-40-100 specifies the methods for determining income for individuals evaluated using modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) methodology.

C. D. 12VAC30-40-220 specifies the income levels for mandatory and optional categorically needy groups of individuals, including individuals with incomes related to the Federal federal income poverty level--, that is pregnant women and infants or children covered under §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VI), 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VII), and 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) of the Act and aged and disabled individuals covered under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(X) of the Act--,and for mandatory groups of qualified Medicare beneficiaries covered under § 1902(a)(10)(E)(i) of the Act.

D. E. 12VAC30-40-230 specifies the resource levels for mandatory and optional categorically needy poverty level related groups, and for medically needy groups.

E. F. 12VAC30-40-260 specifies the income levels for categorically needy aged, blind, and disabled persons who are covered under requirements more restrictive than SSI.

F. G. 12VAC30-40-240 specifies the methods for determining resource eligibility used by States states that have more restrictive methods than SSI, permitted under § 1902(f) of the Act.

G. H. 12VAC30-40-270 specifies the resource standards to be applied for categorically needy individuals in states that have elected to impose more restrictive eligibility requirements than SSI, permitted under § 1902(f) of the Act.

H. I. 12VAC30-40-280 specifies the methods for determining income eligibility used by States states that are more liberal than the methods of the cash assistance programs, permitted under § 1902(r)(2) of the Act.

I. J. 12VAC30-40-290 specifies the methods for determining resource eligibility used by States states that are more liberal than the methods of the cash assistance programs, permitted under § 1902(r)(2) of the Act.

Subpart Article 2
Income

12VAC30-40-100. Methods of determining income.

a. AFDC-related A. Families and Children Medically Needy individuals (except for poverty level related pregnant women, infants, and children).

(1) 1. In determining countable income for AFDC-related Families and Children Medically Needy individuals, the methods under the state's July 16, 1996, approved AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children plan and any more liberal methods described in 12VAC30-40-280 are used.

(2) 2. In determining relative financial responsibility, the agency considers only the income of spouses living in the same household as available to children living with parents until the children become 21 years of age.

(3) 3. Agency continues to treat women eligible under the provisions of § 1902(a)(10) of the Act as eligible, without regard to any changes in income of the family of which she is a member, for the 60-day period after her pregnancy ends and any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.

B. Individuals subject to the use of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) methodology. In determining income eligibility for individuals subject to the use of MAGI-based methodologies, the following shall apply:

1. The Commonwealth shall apply MAGI-based methodologies as described in this subsection, and consistent with 42 CFR 435.603 and § 1902(e)(14) of the Act. Individuals subject to the use of MAGI-based income methodologies include:

a. Parents/caretaker relatives under §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l) and 1931 of the Act.

b. Pregnant women under §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l), (lll), (IV), (ii)(l), ((IV), (IX) and 1931 of the Act.

c. Children under the age of 19 years under §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l), (lll), (IV), (VI), (VII), (ii)((IV), (IX) and 1931 of the Act.

d. Reasonable classifications of children younger than the age of 21 years under §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(l) and (IV) of the Act.

e. Individuals younger than the age of 21 years who are under a state adoption assistance agreement under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VIII) of the Act.

2. In the case of determining the ongoing eligibility for individuals determined eligible for Medicaid on or before December 31, 2013, MAGI-based income methodologies shall not be applied until March 31, 2014, or the next regularly scheduled renewal of eligibility, whichever is later, if the applications of such methods should result in determination of ineligibility prior to such date.

C. In determining family size for the eligibility determination of a pregnant woman, the pregnant woman shall be counted as herself plus each of the children she is expected to deliver. In determining family size during the eligibility determination of the other individuals in a household that includes a pregnant woman, the pregnant woman shall be counted as just herself.

D. Financial eligibility shall be determined consistent with the following provisions:

1. Financial eligibility shall be based on current monthly income and family size when determining eligibility for new applicants.

2. Financial eligibility shall be based on current monthly household income and family size when determining eligibility for currently enrolled individuals.

3. Household income shall be the sum of the MAGI-based income of every individual included in the individual's household except as provided at 42 CFR 435.603(d)(2) through 42 CFR 435.603(d)(4).

4. An amount equivalent to five percentage points of the federal poverty level for the applicable family size shall be deducted, in determining eligibility for Medicaid, from the household income in accordance with 42 CFR 435.603(d).

5. The age used for children with respect to 42 CFR 435.603(f)(3)(iv) shall be 19 years of age.

b. E. Aged individuals. In determining countable income for aged individuals, including aged individuals with incomes up to the federal poverty level described in section § 1902(m)(1) of the Act, the following methods are used.

(1) 1. The methods of the SSI program and/or, any more liberal methods described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

(2) 2. For optional state supplement recipients in § 1902(f) states and SSI criteria states without § 1616 or § 1634 agreements, SSI methods and/or, any more liberal methods than SSI described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

(3) 3. In determining relative financial responsibility, the agency considers only the income of spouses living in the same household as available to spouses.

c. F. Blind individuals. In determining countable income for blind individuals, only the methods of the SSI program and/or, any more liberal methods described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

For optional state supplement recipients in § 1902(f) states and SSI criteria states without § 1616 or § 1634 agreements, the SSI methods and/or, any more liberal methods than SSI described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

In determining relative financial responsibility, the agency considers only the income of spouses living in the same household as available to spouses and the income of parents as available to children living with parents until the children become 21 years of age.

d. G. Disabled individuals. In determining countable income of disabled individuals, including disabled individuals with incomes up to the federal poverty level described in § 1902(m) of the Act, the methods of the SSI program and/or, any more liberal methods described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

For optional state supplement recipients in § 1902(f) of the Act states and SSI criteria states without § 1616 or § 1634 agreements, the SSI methods and/or, any more liberal methods than SSI described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both apply.

In determining relative financial responsibility, the agency considers only the income of spouses living in the same household as available to spouses and the income of parents as available to children living with parents until the children become 21 years of age.

e. Poverty level pregnant women, infants, and children. For pregnant women and infants or children covered under the provisions of § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), (VI) and (VII), and § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) of the Act:

(1) The methods of the state's approved AFDC plan are used in determining countable income.

(2) In determining relative financial responsibility, the agency considers only the income of spouses living in the same household as available to spouses and the income of parents as available to children living with parents until the children become 21.

(3) The agency continues to treat women eligible under the provisions of § 1902(a)(10) of the Act as eligible, without regard to any changes in income of the family of which she is a member, for the 60-day period after her pregnancy ends and any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.

f. H. Qualified Medicare beneficiaries. In determining countable income for qualified Medicare beneficiaries covered under § 1902(a)(10)(E)(i) of the Act, the methods of the SSI program and/or, more liberal methods described in 12VAC30-40-280, or both are used.

If an individual receives a Title II benefit, any amounts attributable to the most recent increase in the monthly insurance benefit as a result of a Title II COLA is not counted as income during a "transition period" beginning with January, when the Title II benefit for December is received, and ending with the last day of the month following the month of publication of the revised annual federal poverty level.

For individuals with Title II income, the revised poverty levels are not effective until the first day of the month following the end of the transition period.

For individuals not receiving Title II income, the revised poverty levels are effective no later than the date of publication.

g. I. Qualified disabled and working individuals. In determining countable income for qualified disabled and working individuals covered under § 1902(a)(10)(E)(ii) of the Act, the methods of the SSI program are used.

12VAC30-40-150. Resource standard; categorically needy.

a. A. Section 1902(f) States states (except as specified under items c. and d. below) subsections C and D of this section) for aged, blind and disabled individuals: same as SSI resource standards.

The resource standards for other individuals are the same as those in the related cash assistance program.

b. B. Non-1902(f) States states (except as specified under items c. and d. below) subsections C and D of this section).

1. The resource standards are the same as those in the related cash assistance program.

2. 12VAC30-40-270 specifies for 1902(f) States states the categorically needy resource levels for all covered categorically needy groups.

c. C. The agency does not apply a resource standard for pregnant women and or infants covered under the provisions of section §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV) and 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) of the Act.

d. D. The agency does not apply a resource standard for parent/caretaker relatives or children covered under the provisions of § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VI), 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l), or 1931 of the Act.

e. E. For aged and disabled individuals described in § 1902(m)(1) of the Act who are covered under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(X) of the Act, 12VAC30-40-230 specifies the resource levels for these individuals.

Part IV
Eligibility Requirements

12VAC30-40-220. Income eligibility levels.

A. Mandatory Categorically Needy

1. AFDC-related groups other than poverty level pregnant women and infants.

Family Size	Need Standard	Payment Standard	Maximum Payment Amounts
	See Table 1	See Table 2

 

STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE (Increased annually by the increase in the Consumer Price Index)
GROUP I
Size of Assistance Unit	Table 1 (100%)	Table 2 (90%)
1	$151.11	$135.58
2	237.01	214.24
3	305.32	274.27
4	370.53	333.27
5	436.77	393.30
6	489.55	441.94
7	553.72	498.87
8	623.07	559.93
9	679.99	611.68
10	743.13	669.64
Each person above 10	63.13	57.96
MAXIMUM REIMBURSABLE PAYMENT $403

 

GROUP II
Size of Assistance Unit	Table 1 (100%)	Table 2 (90%)
1	$180.09	$162.49
2	265.99	239.08
3	333.27	301.18
4	399.51	359.14
5	472.99	423.35
6	526.81	474.03
7	589.95	529.92
8	658.26	592.02
9	716.22	644.80
10	780.39	701.73
Each person above 10	63.13	57.96
MAXIMUM REIMBURSABLE PAYMENT $435

 

GROUP III
Size of Assistance Unit	Table 1 (100%)	Table 2 (90%)
1	$251.50	$227.70
2	338.44	304.29
3	406.75	366.39
4	472.99	424.35
5	560.97	505.08
6	613.75	552.69
7	677.92	610.65
8	745.23	672.75
9	806.26	725.53
10	868.33	781.42
Each person above 10	63.13	57.96
MAXIMUM REIMBURSABLE PAYMENT $518

A. 1. Groups I, II, and III income limits are set forth in this subdivision 1.

Group I
Size of assistance unit	Monthly	Yearly
1	$239	$2,868
2	364	4,368
3	464	5,568
4	563	6,756
5	663	7,956
6	748	8,976
7	844	10,128
8	945	11,340
Each additional person	98	1,176

 

Group II
Size of assistance unit	Monthly	Yearly
1	$313	$3,756
2	449	5,388
3	565	6,780
4	675	8,100
5	794	9,528
6	895	10,740
7	1,002	12,024
8	1,119	13,428
Each additional person	111	1,332

 

Group III
Size of assistance unit	Monthly	Yearly
1	$472	5,664
2	633	7,596
3	774	9,288
4	909	10,908
5	1,074	12,888
6	1,195	14,340
7	1,330	15,960
8	1,471	17,652
Each additional person	135	1,620

2. Pregnant women and infants under § 1902(a)(10)(i)(IV) of the Act:. Effective April 1, 1990, January 1, 2014, based on 133% 143% of the official federal income poverty level.

3. Children under § 1902(a)(10)(i)(VI) of the Act (children who have attained age 1 one year but have not attained age 6) six years), the income eligibility level is 133% 143% of the federal poverty level (as revised annually in the Federal Register) for the size family involved.

4. For children under § 1902(a)(10)(i)(VII) of the Act (children who were born after September 30, 1983, and have attained age 6 six years but have not attained age 19 years), the income eligibility level is 100% 143% of the federal poverty level (as revised annually in the Federal Register) for the size family involved.

B. Treatment of cost of living adjustment (COLA) for groups with income related to federal poverty level.

1. If an individual receives a Title II benefit, any amount attributable to the most recent increase in the monthly insurance benefit as a result of a Title II COLA is not counted as income during a "transition period" beginning with January, when the Title II benefit for December is received, and ending with the last day of the month following the month of publication of the revised annual federal poverty level.

2. For individuals with Title II income, the revised poverty levels are not effective until the first day of the month following the end of the transition period.

3. For individuals not receiving Title II income, the revised poverty levels are effective no later than the beginning of the month following the date of publication. C. Qualified Medicare beneficiaries with incomes related to federal poverty level.

The levels for determining income eligibility for groups of qualified Medicare beneficiaries under the provisions of § 1905(p)(2)(A) of the Act are as follows:

1. Section 1902(f) states, which as of January 1, 1987, used income standards more restrictive than SSI., (VA Virginia did not apply a more restrictive income standard as of January 1, 1987.)

Based on the following percentage of the official federal income poverty level:

Effective Jan. January 1, 1989: 85%

Effective Jan. January 1, 1990: 90% (no more than 100)

Effective Jan. January 1, 1991: 100% (no more than 100)

Effective Jan. January 1, 1992: 100%

D. Aged and disabled individuals described in § 1902(m)(1) of the Act; Level for determining income eligibility for aged and disabled persons described in § 1902(m)(1) of the Act is 80% of the official federal income poverty level (as revised annually in the Federal Register) for the size family involved.

E. Income levels—for medically needy. (Increased annually the increase in the Consumer Price Index but no higher than the level permitted to claim federal financial participation.)

1. The following income levels are applicable to all groups, urban and rural.

2. The agency has methods for excluding from its claim for FFP federal financial participation payments made on behalf of individuals whose income exceeds these limits.