N.M. Admin. Code § 8.298.400.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 8.298.400.9 - WHO CAN BE AN ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT

A 12 month transitional medical assistance (TMA) period is established following the loss of parent caretaker eligibility due to new or increased earnings. TMA is the full medicaid coverage of last resort. A parent or caretaker is evaluated for other full medicaid coverage, including other adults, before being placed on the TMA category of eligibility. A parent or caretaker losing full medicaid coverage during any month(s) of his or her 12 month TMA period is automatically placed on the TMA category. Coverage under the TMA category ends after the 12 month TMA period expires. Only parent(s) and guardian(s) are placed on the TMA category. The medicaid eligibility of dependent children living in the home is extended to at least match the TMA period of parent(s) and guardian(s).

A. To be a medicaid eligible recipient, the assistance unit must have:

(1) received parent caretaker medicaid in at least one month of the six months prior to ineligibility for parent caretaker medicaid;

(2) lost parent caretaker medicaid wholly or in part due to new or increased earnings;

(3) at least one medicaid eligible dependent child living in the home; and

(4) met the medicaid eligibility requirements pursuant to 8.291.400 through 8.291.430 NMAC.

B. An individual with a new TMA period beginning on or after July 1, 2019, is subject to a premium for eligibility months the individual is on TMA category 028. Native Americans are exempt from the premium requirement.

C. An applicant or an eligible recipient may have a qualified health plan.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.298.400.9

8.298.400.9 NMAC - Rp, 8.298.400.9 NMAC, 1-1-14, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 24, December 27, 2018, eff. 1/1/2019