medicaid conditions of eligibility for certain employed families

medicaid conditions of eligibility for certain employed families Sec. 209. (a) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, effective January 1, 1974, each State plan approved under this title must provide that, each family which was eligible for assistance pursuant to part A of title IV in at least 3 of the 6 months immediately preceding the month in which such family became ineligible for such assistance because of increased income from employment, shall, while a member of such family is employed, remain eligible for such assistance for 4 calendar months following the month in which such family would otherwise be determined to be ineligible for such assistance because of the income and resources limitations contained in such plan.” (b) (1) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act, as amended by this section, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, except as provided in subsection (e), no State shall be required to provide medical assistance to any aged, blind, or disabled individual (within the meaning of title XVI) for any month unless such State would be (or would have been) required to provide medical assistance to such individual for such month had its plan for medical assistance approved under this title and in effect on January 1, 1972, been in effect in such 86 Stat. 1382month, except that for this purpose any such individual shall be deemed eligible for medical assistance under such State plan if (in addition to meeting such other requirements as are or may be imposed under the State plan) the income of any such individual as determined in accordance with section 1903(f) (after deducting such individual’s payment under title XVI, and incurred expenses for medical care as defined in section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) is not in excess of the standard for medical assistance established under the State plan as in effect on January 1, 1972.” (2) The amendment made by this subsection shall become effective on January 1, 1974.