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Specified Relatives - Medical Assistance - Iowa

A Specified Relative is a person defined by Family Medical Assistance Program (FMAP) policies. The specified relative is caring for a child who is determined to be dependent because the child is deprived of parental support or care.

For FMAP and FMAP-related Medically Needy coverage groups, a child must live with a specified relative. "Relative" includes persons related by blood or marriage. The child’s home can be with either the specified relative or the spouse of the specified relative, even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.

The following is a list of persons who qualify as specified relatives:

·           Father, adoptive father

·           Mother, adoptive mother

·           Grandfather, grandfather-in-law (the subsequent husband of the child’s natural grandmother, i.e., step grandfather), adoptive grandfather

·           Grandmother, grandmother-in-law (the subsequent wife of the child’s natural grandfather, i.e., step grandmother), adoptive grandmother

·           Great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather

·           Great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother

·           Stepfather, but not his parents

·           Stepmother, but not her parents

·           Brother, brother-of-half-blood, stepbrother

·           Brother-in-law, adoptive brother

·           Sister, sister-of-half-blood, stepsister

·           Sister-in-law, adoptive sister

·           Uncle, aunt (of whole or half blood)

·           Uncle-in-law, aunt-in-law (the spouse of the child’s natural uncle or aunt)

·           Great uncle, great-great-uncle

·           Great aunt, great-great-aunt

·           First cousins, nephews, nieces

See Also:

·           Overview of Medical Assistance in Iowa

·           Welcome and Introduction to Benefits in Iowa

Source: Iowa Dept of Human Services Employees’ Manual

Title 8 Medicaid

·                        Chapter C, Non-Financial Eligibility, Specified Relatives

Legal reference: 441 IAC 75.55(1)

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