42 CFR § 436.310 - Medically needy coverage of specified relatives.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s436.310"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 436.310 - Medically needy coverage of specified relatives."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "436.310"
section_name: "Medically needy coverage of specified relatives."
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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# 436.310 Medically needy coverage of specified relatives.
(a) If the agency provides for the medically needy, it may provide Medicaid to specified relatives, defined in paragraph (b) of this section, who meet the income and resource requirements of subpart I of this part.
(b) *Specified relatives* means individuals who:
(1) Are listed under section 406(b)(1) of the Act and in 45 CFR 233.90(c)(1)(v)(A); and
(2) Have in their care an individual who is determined to be (or would, if needy, be) dependent, as specified in § 436.510.
[58 FR 4936, Jan. 19, 1993]