42 C.F.R. § 436.124 Newborn children.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) The Medicaid agency must provide categorically needy Medicaid eligibility to a child born to a woman who is eligible for and receiving Medicaid on the date of the child's birth. The child is deemed to have applied and been found eligible for Medicaid on the date of birth and remains eligible as categorically needy for one year so long as the woman remains eligible and the child is a member of the woman's household. If the mother's basis of eligibility changes to medically needy, the child is eligible as medically needy under §436.301(b)(1)(iii). (b) The requirements under paragraph (a) of this section apply to children born on or after October 1, 1984. [52 FR 43073, Nov. 9, 1987; 52 FR 48438, Dec. 22, 1987]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 436—ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Subpart B—Mandatory Coverage of the Categorically Needy
§ 436.124 Newborn children.
