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 Kinship
Caregivers May Receive Medicaid
Gongwer News Service, August 26, 2003
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Low-income
grandparents and other relatives living with and caring for
non-birth children may be eligible to receive Medicaid benefits
as the result of a federal court order in a case brought by
kinship caregivers.
Eligible non-parent caretaker relatives may benefit from new
rules under the Departments of Community Health and the Family
Independence Agency. Family caretakers denied Medicaid coverage
before September 1, 1999, may now be eligible to receive
benefits.
Under the new rules, less of a caregiver's income will be
counted when determining Medicaid eligibility. Under previous
rules, caregivers could not receive the same deductions from
income as a child's actual parents. Deductions are based on the
number of children the caregiver is parenting.
Caretakers not eligible for Medicaid may still qualify for help
paying for past medical bills or paying for high medical bills
in the future, depending on individual circumstances, department
officials said.
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