New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 249 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY - REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (RMA) PROGRAM
Part 400 - RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 8.249.400.23 - BUDGET GROUP
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.249.400.23
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 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 supplemental security income (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 a conservator of a
child;
(6) a non-citizen sponsor to
the assistance unit; and
(7) a
sibling to a sibling.
C. Budget group earned income disregards and child care deductions vary based on the age group of the child. Refer to 8.232.500 NMAC.
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