LIFC - Reason for Ineligibility

  1. Where Low Income Families with Children Medical Assistance ineligibility is caused solely by new or increased payments in child support or spousal support, the household is eligible for four months extended Medical Assistance OR
  2. Where Low Income Families with Children Medical Assistance ineligibility is as a result of an increase in child/spousal support and a concurrent change in unearned income AND
    • If the increase in child/spousal support would have resulted in the loss of Low Income Families with Children Medical Assistance eligibility if other unearned income remained the same, household is eligible for four months extended Medical Assistance OR
    • When two types of unearned income change, one of which is increased child/spousal support, and either one could cause ineligibility, the household is eligible for four month extended Medical Assistance OR
  3. Where Low Income Families with Children Medical Assistance ineligibility is as a result of an increase in child/spousal support and a concurrent change in unearned income AND
    • The increase in child/spousal support contributes to ineligibility but does not itself cause ineligibility AND
    • If other unearned income factors in the case change that do not, when considered individually, result in loss of Low Income Families with Children Medical Assistance eligibility, but when combined with increased child/spousal support payments do cause loss of eligibility, the household is eligible for four month extended Medical Assistance.
Parent topic: Extended Medical Assistance Eligibility Determination