Institutionalized Blind or Disabled Child

If an un emancipated blind or disabled individual under 18 years of age, lives with at least one parent and then enters an institution, the resources of the parent(s) are deemed to the child for the month of eligibility.
If an un emancipated blind or disabled individual under 21 years of age and in school lives with at least one parent and then enters an institution, the resources of the parent(s) are deemed to the child for the month of eligibility. If emancipated use rules for single institutionalized individual
If child is emancipated use rules for single institutionalized individual
To determine the amount of resources deemed to the individual
- Calculate institutionalized child's countable resources AND
- If parent(s) are living with the institutionalized child, carry out parent to child deeming AND
- Add total deemed resources from the parent(s), if any, to the individual's total countable resources to determine the total countable resources for the eligible child
The institutionalized child is resource eligible for institutional care Medicaid if countable resources do not exceed the asset limit ($2,000).