42 C.F.R. § 435.170 Pregnant women eligible for extended coverage.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) The agency must provide categorically needy Medicaid eligibility for an extended period following termination of pregnancy to women who, while pregnant, applied for, were eligible for, and received Medicaid services on the day that their pregnancy ends. This period extends from the last day of pregnancy through the end of the month in which a 60-day period, beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, ends. Eligibility must be provided regardless of changes in the woman's financial circumstances that may occur within this extended period. These women are eligible for the extended period for all services under the plan that are pregnancy-related (as defined in §440.210(c)(1) of this subchapter). (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section apply to Medicaid furnished on or after April 7, 1986. [55 FR 48608, Nov. 21, 1990]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 435—ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA
Subpart B—Mandatory Coverage of the Categorically Needy
Mandatory Coverage of Special Groups
§ 435.170 Pregnant women eligible for extended coverage.
