Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part III - Eligibility
Subpart 3 - Eligibility Groups and Factors
Chapter 23 - Eligibility Groups and Medicaid Programs
Section III-2317 - New Adult Eligibility Group

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-2317

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL. No. 111-148), hereafter referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and §1937 of title XIX of the Social Security Act, the department will expand Medicaid coverage to a targeted new eligibility group, hereafter referred to as the new adult group.

B. Effective July 1, 2016, the department will establish a new Medicaid eligibility category for the new adult group, as defined in §1905(y)(2)(A) of title XIX of the Social Security Act.

C. Eligibility Requirements. Coverage in the new adult group will be provided to individuals with household income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level with a 5 percent income disregard who are:

1. from age 19 to 65 years old;

2. not pregnant;

3. not entitled to, or enrolled in Medicare Part A or Medicare Part B;

4. not otherwise eligible for and enrolled in mandatory coverage under the Medicaid State Plan;
a. parents, children or disabled persons receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are excluded from enrollment as a new adult; and

5. parents or other caretaker relatives living with a dependent child(ren) under age 19 who are receiving benefits under Medicaid, the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or otherwise enrolled in minimum essential coverage as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.

D. Covered Services. The new adult group will be provided with a benefit package which incorporates the benefits and services covered under the Medicaid State Plan including essential health benefits as provided in §1302(b) of ACA effective July 1, 2016.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

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