N.J. Admin. Code § 10:69-3.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 10:69-3.7 - Eligible unit

(a) The eligible unit shall be comprised of those family members who apply for and are eligible to receive AFDC-related Medicaid. It shall include one or more eligible children unless such child is a beneficiary of SSI or is excluded from the eligible unit in accordance with (c) below.

1. The eligible unit for AFDC-C or -F shall include any blood-related or adoptive brothers and sisters living in the same household and who are otherwise eligible for AFDC-C or -F. This requirement does not apply to stepbrothers or stepsisters.

(b) When a beneficiary of SSI payments is a family member, he or she shall not be included in the eligible unit.

1. When all eligibility factors are present in a two-person family, the individual not receiving SSI benefits shall comprise an eligible unit of one; this applies to a parent as well as to a child; thus, the only eligible individual may be the parent or parent-person, and the appropriate AFDC-related Medicaid eligibility shall be for that individual only.

2. There may be cases in which the beneficiary count shall be one or two adults and no children depending on whether one or both parents are present in the eligible unit.

(c) For families in receipt of AFDC-related Medicaid on October 1, 1992, a child born to the AFDC-related Medicaid parent beneficiary on or after August 1, 1993 shall be included in the eligible unit for the provision of AFDC-related Medicaid.

(d) Any child included in AFDC-related Medicaid eligible unit who subsequently becomes a parent-minor and either establishes his or her own separate AFDC-related Medicaid eligible unit or remains in the eligible unit of the parent or caretaker relative shall be entitled to AFDC-related Medicaid.

(e) An individual who incurs a penalty of ineligibility shall not be included in the eligible unit and his or her needs shall not be taken into account in determining the family's need for AFDC-related Medicaid. (See 10:69-3.14 regarding income of a noneligible parent.)

(f) The term child in AFDC-related Medicaid shall be understood to refer to one or more eligible children residing in the home of the applicant parent(s).

1. The relationship of the child(ren) to the parent or parent-person applying for AFDC-C or the child(ren) to the natural or adoptive parents applying for AFDC -F or -N shall be established by use of documentary or nondocumentary sources of evidence. Some examples of these types of evidence are given in 10:69-3.3(b)2.

(g) Potential eligibility for other programs is as follows:

1. When applicant family members, including a disabled or blind child, appear to be eligible for other programs (for example, Supplemental Security Income), the advantages and disadvantages of each program shall be explained to the applicant. He or she shall have the right to decide under which program(s) he or she wishes to apply. In the event an applicant parent(s) is found to be eligible for another program of AFDC-related Medicaid coverage, such parent(s) may nevertheless apply for AFDC-C or-F as appropriate, for the eligible child(ren) only.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:69-3.7

Amended by R.2005 d.64, effective 2/22/2005.
See: 36 New Jersey Register 3622(a), 37 New Jersey Register 646(a).
In (g), deleted 1 and recodified former 2 as 1 and deleted a reference to -N.