208.145. Medical assistance benefits, eligibility based on receipt of AFDC benefits, when.

Medical assistance benefits, eligibility based on receipt of AFDCbenefits, when.

208.145. For the purposes of the application of section 208.151,individuals shall be deemed to be recipients of aid to families withdependent children and individuals shall be deemed eligible for suchassistance if:

(1) The individual meets eligibility requirements which are no morerestrictive than the July 16, 1996, eligibility requirements for aid tofamilies with dependent children, as established by the division of familyservices; or

(2) Each dependent child, and each relative with whom such a child isliving including the spouse of such relative as described in 42 U.S.C.606(b), as in effect on July 16, 1996, who ceases to meet the eligibilitycriteria set forth in subdivision (1) of this section as a result of thecollection or increased collection of child or spousal support under partIV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., and who hasreceived such aid in at least three of the six months immediately precedingthe month in which ineligibility begins, shall be deemed eligible for anadditional four calendar months beginning with the month in which suchineligibility begins.

(L. 1998 S.B. 941)