Medicaid Policy
Medicaid Policy
A. All Programs
1. A person living in a household is a resident of that household. The person must be living in the household during the month or must be temporarily absent (401-4, 404-6 and 408-2 for Temporary Absence). If the person is temporarily absent, the person must intend to return to the household when the purpose for the temporary absence ends. (See B. or C. below) If the person moves to an institution, follow policy in 215-3, 215-4, 215-5 or 215-6 to determine residency.
2. Individuals do not have to live in a fixed residence to qualify for Medicaid. They may be homeless, in an emergency shelter, or living temporarily with someone else. If someone is homeless, certain deeming rules are not applied. (See 410)
3. For Disability Medicaid, a child born in a hospital who meets disability criteria becomes a resident of the parents' household the month after the child is released from the hospital and moves to the home. (See 410 for deeming policies.)
4. Deciding who lives with the individual can affect eligibility processes such as whose income and resources to count for medically needy programs. See section 410 for ABD deeming, and 404-5 for Family Medically Needy Medicaid. For MAGI based programs the household size and whose income to count are governed by tax rules (401-2 and 440-2).
5. Joint custody situations. The physical living arrangements of a child determine in which household to include the child (401-4, 404-6 and 408-2).