1 TAC § 366.719. Relationship and Domicile

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Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 ADMINISTRATION › Part 15 TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 366 MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND NEEDY FAMILIES › 1 TAC § 366.719

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(a) To be eligible for the Medicaid for Parents and Caretaker Relatives Program, a caretaker must live in a home with and care for a dependent child for which the caretaker has the required degree of relationship as described in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) A home is a family setting maintained or being established, as evidenced by continuation of responsibility for day-to-day care of a child.

(c) A person meets the relationship requirement, if the person is by law, marriage, or adoption a child's:

(1) father or mother;

(2) grandparent, to the degree of a "great, great, great" grandparent;

(3) brother or sister;

(4) uncle or aunt, to the degree of a "great, great" uncle or aunt;

(5) first cousin;

(6) nephew or niece, to the to the degree of a "great, great" nephew or niece;

(7) stepfather or stepmother;

(8) stepbrother or stepsister; or

(9) first cousin once removed.

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