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A.
General
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This section contains
information for determining who can be a caretaker relative and how a
caretaker relative can be part of a child(ren)’s MFBU. MPG
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B.Caretaker Relative |
A caretaker relative is a relative who provides
care and supervision to a child when no natural, step, or adoptive parent is
in the home with the child. In
addition, the caretaker relative must be a relative as defined in MPG
Article 1, and reside in the home with the child. A caretaker relative is not a “Responsible
Relative.” MPG LTR 161 (12/91) |
MEM 50085 MEM 50351 |
C.
MFBU Composition |
The table below shows the MFBU Composition for cases with a caretaker relative.
MPG LTR 161 (12/91) |
MEM 50025 |
A.
Introduction |
The following examples show the MFBU composition for caretaker
relative cases. A caretaker who is a
parent or spouse may now be in two cases.
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ACWDL 91-88 |
B.
Example 1 |
Grandmother requests Medi-Cal for herself and her grandchildren (siblings or half siblings). The grandfather and their children also live in the home. The grandfather has no linkage and does not wish Medi-Cal nor do their own children.
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C.
Example 2 |
Grandmother requests Medi-Cal for herself, her grandchildren (siblings or half siblings), her spouse, and her own children. The grandfather and their children live in the home. The grandfather has no linkage. The grandmother has no basis for linkage except as a nonparent caretaker relative to her grandchildren.
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D.
Example 3 |
Aunt requests Medi-Cal for herself, her sister’s children (siblings or half siblings) and her spouse who is aged. They have no children of their own living in the home. The aunt has no basis for linkage except as a nonparent caretaker relative to her nieces and nephews.
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E.
Example 4 |
Grandmother requests Medi-Cal for herself, her grandchild, and her sister’s children. She has no spouse or children of her own living in the home.
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F.
Example 5 |
Uncle, his brother children (siblings or half siblings), his wife and their own children request Medi-Cal. His wife is incapacitated. Nieces are SSI recipients.
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G.Example 6 |
Grandmother requests Medi-Cal for herself and her grandchildren (siblings or half siblings). The grandfather receives SSI because he is aged and lives in the home.
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H.Example 7 |
Grandmother requests Medi-Cal for herself, her grandchildren (siblings or half siblings), and her own children. The grandfather receives SSI because he is aged. The grandparents’ children are medically indigent; the grandmother’s only linkage would be as the nonparent caretaker relative of her grandchildren.
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A.Treatment of Income and Property |
In households where there is an MFBU which contains a caretaker relative and related children and the spouse or children of the caretaker either do not wish Medi-Cal or receive PA or other PA and do not appear in any MFBU, no income or property of the caretaker’s spouse or own children is counted other than income which is actually contributed to the MFBU. No income or property allocation is made to either the spouse or the caretaker’s own children by the caretaker or vice versa.
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