New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 206 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - CYFD CHILDREN (CATEGORIES 006, 017, 037, 046, 047, 060, 061, 066 and 086)
Part 400 - RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 8.206.400.12 - LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
To be eligible for CYFD medicaid, an individual must be under 18 years of age and must be in a substitute care placement or temporarily in a medical facility with an ultimate plan to be placed in substitute care arrangement.
A. Removal from home: An individual who is in the custody of his or her parent or guardian is not eligible for medicaid. When a CYFD medicaid eligible recipient is returned to his or her parent or guardian's custody, CYFD medicaid is terminated.
B. Release from jurisdiction of non-Title XIX facility: An eligible recipient who is released from the jurisdiction and control of the correctional system for whom CYFD has full or partial financial responsibility and is in a substitute care placement can be eligible for CYFD medicaid beginning the first of the month after release from the correctional system if all other eligibility criteria are met.
C. Independent living arrangements: MAD furnishes extended coverage to an eligible recipient between 18 and 21 years of age who is considered to be in an independent living arrangement if foster care payment is made to the eligible recipient and he or she meets all other MAD eligibility criteria.
