D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-901

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 29-901 - MEDICALLY NEEDY INCOME LEVELS

901.1

The medically needy income levels (MNILs), for each household size in the District of Columbia, shall be based on 50% of the respective amounts of the Federal poverty guidelines published each year by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The current MLIN calculations, based on the FY 2003 Federal poverty guidelines shall be as follows:

HOUSEHOLD SIZE	MONTHLY INCOME
1	$ 479.75
2	505.00
3	635.83
4	766.67
5	897.50
6	1,028.33
7	1,159.17
8	1,290.00
9	1,420.83
10	1,551.67
11	1,682.50
12	1,813.33
13	1,944.17
14	2,075.00
15	2,205.83
16	2,336.67
17	2,467.50
18	2,598.33
19	2,729.17
20	0

901.2

Pregnant women, children from birth up to 19 years of age, and the parents or relative caretakers of those children, when gross family income is at below two hundred (200) percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), shall be eligible for medical assistance under the District's Medicaid Program, without regard to assets. Eligible persons shall be District residents.

901.3

For purposes of participation in the District's Medicaid Program, unemployment is defined as gross income at or below 200% of the FPL.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-901

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 7601 (December 20, 1991); as Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 439 (January 15, 1999); as Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 8467 (October 10, 2003)

AUTHORITY: The authority for this section is D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. § 1-307.02; Commissioner's Order 70-83 (March 6, 1970), as amended by Mayor's Order 79-144 (July 11, 1979); Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1986, 3 D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. at 382; Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1996, 3 D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. at 413; and Mayor's Order 97-42 (February 18, 1997).