42 CFR § 436.116 - Families terminated from AFDC because of increased earnings or hours of employment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s436.116"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 436.116 - Families terminated from AFDC because of increased earnings or hours of employment."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "436.116"
section_name: "Families terminated from AFDC because of increased earnings or hours of employment."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "436"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "436"
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# 436.116 Families terminated from AFDC because of increased earnings or hours of employment.
(a) If a family loses AFDC solely because of increased income from employment or increased hours of employment, the agency must continue to provide Medicaid for 4 months to all members of the family if—
(1) The family received AFDC in any 3 or more months during the 6-month period immediately before the month in which it became ineligible for AFDC; and
(2) At least one member of the family is employed throughout the 4-month period, although this need not be the same member for the whole period.
(b) The 4 calendar month period begins on the date AFDC is terminated. If AFDC benefits are terminated retroactively, the 4 calendar month period also begins retroactively with the first month in which AFDC was erroneously paid.
[43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 24887, Apr. 11, 1980]