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Title 42: Public Health
CHAPTER IV: CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER C: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
PART 435: ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA
Subpart C: Options for Coverage as Categorically Needy
: Options for Coverage of Families and Children
435.223 - Individuals who would be eligible for AFDC if coverage under the State's AFDC plan were as broad as allowed under title IV-A.
(a) The agency may provide Medicaid to any group or groups of individuals specified under ? 435.210 (a)(4), (a)(5), and (a)(6) who:
(1) Would be eligible for AFDC if the State's AFDC plan included individuals whose coverage under title IV-A is optional (for example, Medicaid may be provided to members of families with an unemployed parent even though AFDC is not available to them under the State's AFDC plan); or
(2) Would be eligible for AFDC if the State's AFDC plan did not contain eligibility requirements more restrictive than, or in addition to, those required under title IV-A.
(b) The agency may cover any AFDC optional group without covering all such groups.
[46 FR 47985, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 58 FR 4927, Jan. 19, 1993]
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