Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 332 - MAINECARE ELIGIBILITY MANUAL
Part 4.5 - BUDGETING FOR ELIGIBILITY GROUPS FOR WHICH MAGI-BASED METHODOLOGY APPLIES
Section 144-332-4.5-3 - HOUSEHOLD
Universal Citation: 10 ME Code Rules ยง 144-332-4.5-3
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. For purposes of "Household Income", household will be defined as follows;
(1)
Basic rule for taxpayers not claimed as a tax dependent: If an
individual requesting coverage expects to file a tax return for the taxable
year in which an eligibility determination or renewal of eligibility is being
made, and who does not expect to be claimed as a tax dependent by another
taxpayer, the household consists of the taxpayer, the individual's spouse if
living with and/or filing jointly, and any person(s) the taxpayer expects to
claim as a tax dependent.
(2)
Basic rule for individuals claimed as a tax dependent: If an
individual requesting coverage expects to be claimed as a tax dependent for the
taxable year in which an eligibility determination or renewal of eligibility is
being made (even if he/she also expects to file a tax return), his/her
household will consist of the tax filer who expects to claim the individual as
a tax dependent, the tax filer's spouse if living with and/or filing jointly,
and any person(s) the tax filer expects to claim as a tax dependent (including
the individual) unless the individual meets one of the following exceptions.
(a) The individual expects to be claimed as a
tax dependent of someone other than the individual's spouse or biological,
adopted or step parent;
(b) The
individual is a child under age 19 living with both parents, but expects to be
claimed as a tax dependent by only one parent because the parents don't file
jointly;
(c) The individual is a
child under age 19 who expects to be claimed by a non-custodial
parent.
(3)
Rules
for individuals who neither file a tax return nor are claimed as a tax
dependent OR who meets one of the exception from Section 3.1 I-B of this
Part: If an individual meets one of the three exceptions listed in
Section 3.1-II-B, or if an individual does not expect to be a tax filer for the
taxable year in which an eligibility determination or renewal of eligibility is
being made and does not expect to be claimed as a tax dependent, his/her
household will consist of:
(a) The
individual;
(b) The individual's
spouse if living with the individual;
(c) The individual's natural, adopted and
step children under the age of 19 if living with the individual;
and/or
(d) If the individual is
under the age of 19, the individual's natural, adopted and step parents and
natural, adoptive and step siblings also under age 19 if living with the
individual.
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