Section 140.9 Medical Assistance for a Pregnant Woman Who Would Not Be Categorically Eligible for AFDC/AFDC-MANG if the Child Were Already Born Or Who Do Not Qualify As Mandatory Categorically Needy

Section 140

Section 140.9  Medical

Assistance for a Pregnant Woman Who Would Not Be Categorically Eligible for

AFDC/AFDC-MANG if the Child Were Already Born Or Who Do Not Qualify As

Mandatory Categorically Needy

a)         Pregnant Women Who Would Not Be Categorically Eligible for

AFDC/AFDC‑MANG if the Child Were Already Born

1)         Medical assistance will be provided to applicants of any age

who are pregnant and meet the asset standards of the AFDC medical assistance

program and who would not be eligible for AFDC if the child were already born

because:

A)        the father is not absent, and

B)        neither parent is incapacitated and the principal wage earner

does not meet the Department's definition of unemployment (see 89 Ill. Adm.

Code 112.64).

2)         Medical Assistance for up to sixty (60) days following the

last day of pregnancy

A)        Medical assistance shall be provided for the woman and newborn

child for 60 days following the last day of the pregnancy.  The sixty (60) day

medical coverage continues through the last day of the calendar month in which

the sixty (60) day period ends.

B)        In order for a pregnant woman to qualify for the extended sixty

(60) day medical coverage, an AFDC MANG application must have been filed prior

to the date the pregnancy ended.

b)         Pregnant

Women Who Do Not Qualify As Mandatory Categorically Needy

1)         Medical assistance shall be provided to women of any age who

do not qualify as mandatory categorically needy (Sections 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) and

1905(n) of the Social Security Act) and meet the eligibility requirements of 89

Ill. Adm. Code 120.11, 120.31 and 120.64).

2)         Medical Assistance shall be provided for the woman and newborn

child(ren) for up to sixty (60) days following the last day of the pregnancy.

The sixty (60) day medical coverage continues through the last day of the

calendar month in which the sixty (60) day period ends.