Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Medical support services are available
through Medicaid for children and their parents or needy parent persons if, using the income and resource
methodologies and standards found in N.J.A.C. 10:69.
1. Application for
Medicaid benefits shall be accomplished with the same application that is used to apply for WFNJ. An
application for WFNJ shall be deemed to be an application for Medicaid.
2. With the exception of sanctions related to child support and paternity
requirements, any sanction imposed on WFNJ recipients shall not apply to Medicaid eligibility. If a parent
has refused to cooperate with child support and paternity requirements, he or she will be deemed to have
failed to cooperate with Medicaid requirements relating to medical support rights and shall be ineligible for
the same period that the individual is ineligible for WFNJ. In no event shall a pregnant woman be subjected
to a sanction of ineligibility for Medicaid. No child shall be subjected to a penalty of ineligibility for
Medicaid because of a child support and paternity sanction imposed under WFNJ.
3. Medicaid imposes no requirement that a parent-minor must live in the
home of his or her own parent. Therefore, any parent-minor determined ineligible for WFNJ benefits as a
result of the WFNJ cash assistance requirement shall not be determined ineligible for Medicaid solely for
that reason.
4. Any family member losing eligibility for Medicaid
shall be evaluated for potential Medicaid eligibility under other Medicaid components prior to termination
from Medicaid.
(b) The provisions of N.J.A.C. 10:69-10
relating to sibling, stepparent, and adolescent parent deeming apply in the determination of Medicaid
eligibility.
(c) Families that would have been eligible for the
AFDC program as it existed on July 16, 1996 but who would not have received a payment because the amount
payable would be less than $ 10.00 are eligible for Medicaid.
(d)
Eligibility for Medicaid is limited to citizens of the United States and eligible aliens as specified in
10:69-3.9.
