Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part XXXI - Refugee Medical Assistance
Chapter 1 - Refugee Medical Assistance Program
Section XXXI-103 - Eligibility Requirements
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXXI-103
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Individuals who meet the following requirements may receive health care coverage through the Refugee Medical Assistance Program.
1. The individual must be a refugee or asylee
who is not eligible to receive benefits through a regular Medicaid or SCHIP
program.
2. Application for RMA
benefits must fall within the established time limit of eight months from the
date of arrival in the United States for refugees or from the date asylees are
granted asylum.
3. The individual
must not be enrolled as a full-time student in an institution of higher
education unless it is a one-year recertification program which is part of the
refugee's comprehensive resettlement plan.
4. The individual must provide the name of
the sponsoring Refugee Resettlement Agency.
a. Asylees are exempt from this
requirement.
5.
Applicants for refugee medical assistance must meet income and resource
guidelines.
B. A newborn may receive RMA coverage if both parents meet the RMA requirements or the mother is receiving RMA when the child is born.
1. These children can receive RMA until the
end of the mother's period of eligibility.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Public Law 82-414, 8 U.S. Code 1522 (e)(5).
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