Family and Children's Medicaid MA-3350 KINSHIP AND LIVING WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

10/01/03

I. KINSHIP AND LIVING WITH POLICY RULE FOR CARETAKER RELATIVES

A. For a caretaker to receive Medicaid (M-AF) as the caretaker relative of a child, the child must live with the caretaker. A specific degree of relationship must exist between the child and the caretaker.

1. A caretaker relative is the natural or adoptive parent or stepparent or the specified relative who lives in the household with the child and provides supervision. Refer to MA-3235, Caretaker Relative.

2. Three factors must be established before the caretaker relative can receive medical assistance as caretaker of a child. These three factors are:

a. Age - The child must be under age 19, and

b. Kinship - The child, under age 19, must be related to the caretaker relative as specified in B., and

c. Living With - The child, under age 19, and the caretaker relative are living together, unless temporarily absent.

3. Determine if the relative meets the degree of relationship based on one of the categories listed below. If the caretaker does not meet the degree of relationship defined, the caretaker is ineligible to receive as a caretaker relative of a child.

B. Kinship for the Caretaker Relative

1. A caretaker relative is:

a. A parent (natural mother, legal or alleged father, or adoptive parent(s) after issuance of the final order); or

b. One of the following:

(1) Any blood relative, or half blood relative, including brother, sister, aunt, uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, and persons designated as grand, great, or great-great;

(I.B.1.b.)

(2) Step-relatives limited to: stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister;

(3) Any adoptive relative including brother, sister, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, and persons designated as grand, great, or great-great;

(4) Spouses of any person named in the above groups ((1), (2), (3)) even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce;

or

c. Other alleged paternal relative as listed in I.B.1.b.







For questions or clarification on any of the policy contained in these manuals, please contact your local county office.