Why does the Medical card become inactive within two months after a Probation Office applies for temporary custody?
This is not an accurate reflection of what happens when a child is placed outside of the home and becomes a ward of the court. After being placed outside of the home, a child who becomes a ward of the court, may remain in their regular Medicaid case up to 90 days. After 90 days, the child may be transferred to another Medicaid eligibility category, under Ribicoff. Ribicoff children are children under age 19 years who meet the income and asset eligibility standards under the financial eligibility requirements, but would be considered ineligible for some other reason. However, they continue to receive Medicaid benefits. These children are referred to as Ribicoff children after the Senator who authored the federal legislation providing this coverage. The reason that the child is no longer eligible under the regular Medicaid card is because he/she no longer lives with a responsible relative and that relative is no longer supporting the child. These cases are not automatically transferred,
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