Section 29-9507. NON-MAGI ELIGIBILITY GROUP: DEEMED NEWBORNS

 

9507.1 To be determined eligible for Medicaid as a deemed newborn, an individual shall be born to a woman eligible for and receiving Medicaid from the District at the time of birth.

 

9507.2 The Department shall not require an application or income test for deemed newborns.

 

9507.3 The Department shall not require deemed newborns to provide or apply for a SSN until age one (1).

 

9507.4 The Department shall not require verification of U.S. citizenship/nationality or satisfactory immigration status for deemed newborns.

 

9507.5 A deemed newborn who is determined eligible for Medicaid shall retain eligibility from date of birth until the end of the month in which the newborn turns age one (1) regardless of changes in household income or the mother’s eligibility for Medicaid; and provided the newborn remains a resident of the District.

 

 

authority

An Act to enable the District of Columbia (District) to receive federal financial assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for a medical assistance program, and for other purposes, approved December 27, 1967 (81 Stat.774; D.C. Official Code § 1-307.02 (2014 Repl.)), and Section 6(6) of the Department of Health Care Finance Establishment Act of 2007, effective February 27, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-109; D.C. Official Code § 7-771.05(6) (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 11142 (August 14, 2015).