New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 234 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - SSI INELIGIBILITY - DUE TO INCOME OR RESOURCES FROM AND ALIEN SPONSOR
Part 400 - RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 8.234.400.19 - BUDGET GROUP
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.234.400.19
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The budget group includes all members of the assistance unit. Additional budget group members include individuals who live in the household with the assistance unit and have a financial obligation of support.
A. Except for an SSI recipient, the following individuals have a financial obligation of support for medicaid eligibility:
(1) spouses: married
individuals as defined under applicable New Mexico state law (New Mexico
recognizes common law and same sex marriages established in other states);
and
(2) parents for children: there
is a presumption that a child born to a married woman is the child of the
spouse, or if the individual established parentage by some other legally
recognized process.
B. The following individuals do not have a financial obligation of support for medicaid eligibility:
(1) an SSI recipient to
the assistance unit;
(2) a father
of the unborn child who is not married to the pregnant woman;
(3) a stepparent to a stepchild;
(4) a grandparent to a grandchild;
(5) a legal guardian or conservator of a
child;
(6) a non-citizen sponsor to
the assistance unit; and
(7) a
sibling to a sibling.
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