New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 72 - NEW JERSEY CARE ... SPECIAL MEDICAID PROGRAMS MANUAL
Subchapter 3 - NONFINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY FACTORS
Section 10:72-3.4 - Eligible persons

1. Pregnant women: Women of any age during the term of a medically verified pregnancy.

2. Children under the age of one.

3. A child born to a woman eligible under the provisions of this chapter (except to a presumptively eligible pregnant woman who has subsequently been found ineligible for the month the child was born) shall remain eligible for a period of not less than 60 days from his or her birth and up to one year, so long as the mother remains eligible for Medicaid, or would remain eligible if pregnant, whether or not application has been made, if the child lives with his or her mother. This also applies to an infant born to a mother whose labor and delivery were covered by Medicaid as emergency services even though the mother cannot receive Medicaid services except for emergency services.

4. Any child receiving Medicaid under the provisions of this chapter who but for the age limits in (a)2 above would be eligible for Medicaid under the provisions of this chapter and who is receiving inpatient services covered by Medicaid at the time he or she reaches the age limit, will continue to be eligible for Medicaid until the end of the stay for which the inpatient services are furnished.

5. Aged individuals: Persons who are age 65 years or older.

6. Disabled individuals: Persons who have been medically determined to meet the criteria of disability as set forth at 10:71-3.10 through 3.13.

7. Blind individuals: Persons who have been medically determined to meet the criteria of blindness as set forth at 10:71-3.10 through 3.13.