[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR436.122]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 436_ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS--

 

         Subpart B_Mandatory Coverage of the Categorically Needy

 

Sec.  436.122  Pregnant women eligible for extended coverage.



    (a) The Medicaid agency must provide categorically needy Medicaid 

eligibility for an extended period following termination of pregnancy to 

women who, while pregnant, applied for, were eligible for, and received 

Medicaid services on the day that their pregnancy ends. This period 

extends from the last day of pregnancy through the end of the month in 

which a 60-day period, beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, ends. 

Eligibility must be provided, regardless of changes in the woman's 

financial circumstances that may occur within this extended period. 

These pregnant women are eligible for the extended period for all 

services under the plan that are pregnancy-related (as defined in Sec.  

440.210(c)(1) of this subchapter).

    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section apply to 

Medicaid furnished on or after April 7, 1986.



[55 FR 48610, Nov. 21, 1990]