1. (a) The department will determine a Family Medicaid household's income eligibility under 7 AAC 100.180 and Under-21 household eligibility under 7 AAC 100.252 and 7 AAC 100.254 by using the following qualifying income standards:

   1. (1) adult-included standards, used when the household includes only one caretaker relative:
   2. (2) adult-not-included, child-only standards, used when no caretaker relative is included in the household; household size is the total number of dependent children who are included in the household:

   Household

   Size 185-Percent

   Standard Need

   Standard 1$ 1,393$ 7532 2,225 1,2033 2,504 1,3544 2,784 1,5055 3,063 1,6566 3,342 1,8077 3,622 1,958Each Additional

   Child 279 151

   Household

   Size 185-Percent

   Standard Need

   Standard 1 $ 1,222 $ 6612 1,502 8123 1,781 9634 2,060 1,1145 2,340 1,2656 2,619 1,4167 2,898 1,567Each Additional

   Child 279 151

2. (b) The qualifying income standards set out in (a) of this section are adjusted each year by a percentage increase equal to the cost-of-living percentage increase in SSI benefits for that year. An increase in the standards under this subsection takes effect on the same day as the commensurate cost-of-living increase in SSI benefits.

(Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183)

Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.07.020, AS 47.07.040