Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1716 - PREGNANT WOMEN GROUP
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-1716-1 - Purpose

This chapter establishes the Pregnant Women Group. The Pregnant Women Group, created through the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, provides Medicaid eligibility for a woman who is pregnant, to include a pregnant individual under age nineteen years, whose household income exceeds the age-specific income standard for a household of applicable size for participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or under age twenty-one years and in receipt of foster care, kinship guardianship, or adoption assistance.