(Revised 1/03 ML #2833)
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(N.D.A.C. Section 75-02-02.1-12)
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All categorically and medically needy aged applicants or recipients are eligible for Medicaid for the entire month that they reach age sixty-five. An individual under age twenty-one will be eligible for Medicaid through the month in which the individual reaches the age of twenty-one years. An exception to this general rule permits eligibility to continue for a person who attains age twenty-one while receiving treatment and continues to receive treatment as an inpatient in the state hospital, the Prairie Psychiatric Center, or the Stadter Psychiatric Center. Eligibility may continue through the month the individual attains the age of twenty-two.
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Blind and disabled persons, and caretaker relatives, are not subject to any age requirements for purposes of Medicaid eligibility.
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In instances where only the year and not the exact date of birth can be established, use July 1 to designate the date of birth; or if the year and month can be established, use the year and first day of the month for purposes of Medicaid eligibility.
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Identity must be established for each applicant.
