HAR §17-1716-1. Purpose

This chapter establishes the Pregnant Women Group. The Pregnant Women Group, created through the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, provides Medicaid eligibility for a woman who is pregnant, to include a pregnant individual under age nineteen years, whose household income exceeds the age-specific income standard for a household of applicable size for participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or under age twenty-one years and in receipt of foster care, kinship guardianship, or adoption assistance. [Eff 09/30/13; am and comp 11/10/16; comp AUG 22 2024 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§435.116, 435.145, 435.201) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§435.116, 435.145, 435.201) 1716-2 3556