901.1 The medically needy income levels (MNILs), for each household size in the District of Columbia, shall be based on fifty percent (50%) of the respective amounts of the Federal poverty guidelines published each year by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The current MLIN calculations, based on the FY 2003 Federal poverty guidelines shall be as follows:

HOUSEHOLD SIZE	MONTHLY INCOME
1	$ 479.75
2	505.00
3	635.83
4	766.67
5	897.50
6	1,028.33
7	1,159.17
8	1,290.00
9	1,420.83
10	1,551.67
11	1,682.50
12	1,813.33
13	1,944.17
14	2,075.00
15	2,205.83
16	2,336.67
17	2,467.50
18	2,598.33
19	2,729.17
20	0

901.2 Pregnant women, children from birth up to nineteen (19) years of age, and the parents or relative caretakers of those children, when gross family income is at below two hundred percent (200%) of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), shall be eligible for medical assistance under the District's Medicaid Program, without regard to assets. Eligible persons shall be District residents.

901.3 For purposes of participation in the District's Medicaid Program, unemployment is defined as gross income at or below two hundred percent (200%) of the FPL.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 3266 (July 1, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 7601 (December 20, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 439 (January 15, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 8467 (October 10, 2003).