Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 366 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND NEEDY FAMILIES
Subchapter H - MEDICALLY NEEDY PROGRAM
Section 366.819 - Relationship and Domicile
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 366.819
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An applicant or recipient who is a child must live in a home with a caretaker who is present in the home and supervises and cares for the applicant or recipient. A home is a family setting maintained or being established, as evidenced by continuation of responsibility for day-to-day care of the applicant or recipient.
(b) A caretaker must be the applicant's or recipient's:
(1) father or
mother;
(2) grandparent, to the
degree of a "great, great, great" grandparent;
(3) brother or sister;
(4) uncle or aunt, to the degree of a "great,
great" uncle or aunt;
(5) first
cousin;
(6) nephew or niece, to the
to the degree of a "great, great" nephew or niece;
(7) stepfather or stepmother;
(8) stepbrother or stepsister; or
(9) first cousin once removed.
(c) An independent child may live alone or with a person who is not a parent or relative. An independent child is a child who does not live with a parent and who:
(1) is able to apply for Medicaid on his or
her own behalf; or
(2) is eligible
for Medicaid because a responsible person who is not within the degree of
relationship required for eligibility in subsection (b) of this section applies
on the child's behalf.
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