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Title 42Public HealthPart / Section
Chapter IVCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services400 – 699
Subchapter CMedical Assistance Programs430 – 456
Part 435Eligibility in the States, District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa435.2 – 435.1205
Subpart BMandatory Coverage435.100 – 435.172
§ 435.100Scope.
Mandatory Coverage of Families and Children435.110 – 435.115
§ 435.110Parents and other caretaker relatives.
§ 435.112Families terminated from AFDC because of increased earnings or hours of employment.
§ 435.115Families with Medicaid eligibility extended because of increased collection of spousal support.
Mandatory Coverage of Pregnant Women, Children Under 19, and Newborn Children435.116 – 435.117
§ 435.116Pregnant women.
§ 435.117Deemed newborn children.
Mandatory Coverage of Qualified Family Members435.118
§ 435.118Infants and children under age 19.
Mandatory Coverage for Individuals Age 19 Through 64435.119
§ 435.119Coverage for individuals age 19 or older and under age 65 at or below 133 percent FPL.
Mandatory Coverage of the Aged, Blind, and Disabled435.120 – 435.138
§ 435.120Individuals receiving SSI.
§ 435.121Individuals in States using more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than the SSI requirements.
§ 435.122Individuals who are ineligible for SSI or optional State supplements because of requirements that do not apply under title XIX of the Act.
§ 435.123Individuals eligible as qualified Medicare beneficiaries.
§ 435.124Individuals eligible as specified low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
§ 435.125Individuals eligible as qualifying individuals.
§ 435.126Individuals eligible as qualified disabled and working individuals.
§ 435.130Individuals receiving mandatory State supplements.
§ 435.131Individuals eligible as essential spouses in December 1973.
§ 435.132Institutionalized individuals who were eligible in December 1973.
§ 435.133Blind and disabled individuals eligible in December 1973.
§ 435.134Individuals who would be eligible except for the increase in OASDI benefits under Pub. L. 92-336 (July 1, 1972).
§ 435.135Individuals who become ineligible for cash assistance as a result of OASDI cost-of-living increases received after April 1977.
§ 435.136State agency implementation requirements for one-time notice and annual review system.
§ 435.137Disabled widows and widowers who would be eligible for SSI except for the increase in disability benefits resulting from elimination of the reduction factor under Pub. L. 98-21.
§ 435.138Disabled widows and widowers aged 60 through 64 who would be eligible for SSI except for early receipt of social security benefits.
Mandatory Coverage of Certain Aliens435.139
§ 435.139Coverage for certain aliens.
Mandatory Coverage of Adoption Assistance and Foster Care Children435.145 – 435.150
§ 435.145Children with adoption assistance, foster care, or guardianship care under title IV-E.
§ 435.150Former foster care children.
Mandatory Coverage of Special Groups435.170 – 435.172
§ 435.170Pregnant women eligible for extended or continuous eligibility.
§ 435.172Continuous eligibility for hospitalized children.