[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR435.119]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 435_ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN 

MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart B_Mandatory Coverage of the Categorically Needy

 

Sec. 435.119  Qualified family members.



    (a) Definition. A qualified family member is any member of a family, 

including pregnant women and children eligible for Medicaid under Sec. 

435.116 of this subpart, who would be receiving AFDC cash benefits on 

the basis of the unemployment of the principal wage earner under section 

407 of the Act had the State not chosen to place time limits on those 

benefits as permitted under section 407(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Act.

    (b) State plan requirement. The State plan must provide that the 

State makes Medicaid available to any individual who meets the 

definition of ``qualified family member'' as specified in paragraph (a) 

of this section.

    (c) Applicability. The provisions in this section are applicable in 

the 50 States and the District of Columbia from October 1, 1990, through 

September 30, 1998. The provisions are applicable in American Samoa from 

October 1, 1992, through September 30, 1998.



[58 FR 48614, Sept. 17, 1993]



           Mandatory Coverage of the Aged, Blind, and Disabled