PURPOSE: This rule establishes that newborns will be deemed to be eligible for Title XIX when they are born to a woman eligible for and receiving Title XIX on the date the child is born.

1. (1) A child born to a woman eligible for and receiving Title XIX on the date her child is born is deemed to have filed an application and been found eligible for Title XIX on the date of the birth and to remain eligible for one (1) year; provided—

   1. (A) The mother remains continuously eligible under Missouri’s Title XIX plan, or for children born January 1, 1991 or later, the mother would remain eligible for Title XIX if she was still pregnant; and
   2. (B) The child remains in the mother’s household.

AUTHORITY: section 207.020, RSMo 1986.* Emergency rule filed Dec. 19, 1988, effective Jan. 1, 1989, expired May 1, 1989. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1988, effective March 25, 13 CSR 40-2 1989. Emergency amendment filed March 6, 1991, effective March 16, 1991, expired July 13, 1991. Amended: Filed March 7, 1991, effective Aug. 30, 1991. *Original authority 1945, amended 1961, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986.