405 IAC 2-6-3 Medicaid eligibility for former foster care children under age 26

Sec. 3. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, an individual who: (1) is: (A) less than twenty-six (26) years of age; and (B) not eligible for and enrolled in other mandatory Medicaid coverage; (2) on becoming eighteen (18) years of age, was in foster care under the responsibility of a state or federally recognized tribe's responsibility, whether or not under Title IV Part E of the Social Security Act; and (3) was enrolled in a state plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or under a waiver of a state plan while in foster care; is eligible for Medicaid. (b) The office shall not consider the income or resources of an individual described in subsection (a) when determining eligibility.