42 CFR § 435.310 - Medically needy coverage of parents and other caretaker relatives.

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title: "42 CFR § 435.310 - Medically needy coverage of parents and other caretaker relatives."
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title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "435.310"
section_name: "Medically needy coverage of parents and other caretaker relatives."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
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part_name: "ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
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# 435.310 Medically needy coverage of parents and other caretaker relatives.

If the agency provides Medicaid for the medically needy, it may provide Medicaid to parents and other caretaker relatives who meet:

(a) The definition of “caretaker relative” at § 435.4, or are the spouse of a parent or caretaker relative; and

(b) The medically needy income and resource requirements at subpart I of this part.

[81 FR 86454, Nov. 30, 2016]