16 Del. Admin. Code § 17000-17160
Section 1634 (c) of the Social Security Act states:
| * | becomes entitled, on or after the effective date of this subsection, to child's insurance benefits which are payable under section 202(d) on the basis of such disability or to an increase in the amount of the child's insurance benefits which are so payable, and |
| * | ceases to be eligible for benefits under this title because of such child's insurance benefits or because of the increase in such child's insurance benefits, |
| * | such individual shall be treated for purposes of title XIX as receiving benefits under this title so long as he or she would be eligible for benefits under this title in the absence of such child's insurance benefits or such increase." |
The policy allows for certain former recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to continue to receive Medicaid after their SSI benefits have terminated.
15 DE Reg. 202 (08/01/11)
To be eligible the individual must meet all the following criteria:
| * | be age 18 or older, |
| * | have been receiving SSI, |
| * | lost their SSI benefit because they started to receive Child's Insurance Benefits after 7/1/87 or |
| * | received an increase in Child's Insurance Benefit after 7/1/87. |
Child's Insurance Benefit is a type of Title II Social Security benefit as defined below:
A child is entitled to Child's Insurance Benefits on the Social Security record of a parent if:
under age 18, or
under age 19 and a full-time elementary or secondary school student, or
age 18 or over and under a disability (which must have begun before age 22) and
is entitled to disability insurance benefits, or
is entitled to retirement insurance benefits, or
died and was either fully or currently insured at the time of death.
Determine eligibility using SSI income and resource standards and methodologies. The Child's Insurance Benefit is excluded from income.
Complete redeterminations annually.
16 Del. Admin. Code § 17000-17160