1089 Federal poverty income guidelines for 2000

DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFARE

Federal Poverty Income Guidelines for 2000

[30 Pa.B. 3226]

   The Department of Public Welfare (Department) announces the implementation in this Commonwealth of the 2000 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines (FPIGs) which were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and published at 65 FR 7555 on February 15, 2000.

   The FPIGs are the basis for the income eligibility limits for several categories of Medicaid whose regulations are published in 55 Pa. Code and administered by the Department. These categories include Healthy Beginnings for Pregnant Women and Qualified Children, Chapter 140, Subchapter A; Healthy Horizons for the Elderly and Disabled, Chapter 140, Subchapter B; and Extended Medical Coverage under Categorically Needy TANF-Related Categories, Chapter 140, Subchapter C.

   The percentages for the Medicaid categories of Healthy Beginnings and Healthy Horizons are set forth as follows:

Persons	100% of FPIG		120% of FPIG		133% of FPIG		135% of FPIG		175% of FPIG		185% of FPIG		200% of FPIG
	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual	Mo.	Annual
1	$   696	$  8,350	$   835	$10,020	$   925	$11,106	$   939	$11,273	$1,218	$14,613	$1,287	$15,448	$1,392	$16,700
2	$   938	$11,250	$1,125	$13,500	$1,247	$14,963	$1,266	$15,188	$1,641	$19,688	$1,734	$20,813	$1,875	$22,500
3	$1,179	$14,150	$1,415	$16,980	$1,568	$18,820	$1,592	$19,103	$2,064	$24,763	$2,181	$26,178	$2,358	$28,300
4	$1,421	$17,050	$1,705	$20,460	$1,890	$22,677	$1,918	$23,018	$2,486	$29,838	$2,629	$31,543	$2,842	$34,100
5	$1,663	$19,950	$1,995	$23,940	$2,211	$26,534	$2,244	$26,933	$2,909	$34,913	$3,076	$36,908	$3,325	$39,900
6	$1,904	$22,850	$2,285	$27,420	$2,533	$30,391	$2,571	$30,848	$3,332	$39,988	$3,523	$42,273	$3,808	$45,700
7	$2,146	$25,750	$2,575	$30,900	$2,854	$34,248	$2,897	$34,763	$3,755	$45,063	$3,970	$47,638	$4,292	$51,500
8	$2,388	$28,650	$2,865	$34,380	$3,175	$38,105	$3,223	$38,678	$4,178	$50,138	$4,417	$53,003	$4,775	$57,300
Each
Additional
Person	$   242	$  2,900	$   290	$  3,480	$   321	$  3,857	$   326	$  3,915	$   423	$ 5,075	$   447	$  5,365	$   483	$  5,800

   These percentages apply as follows:

   Healthy Beginnings--

   a.  185% for pregnant women and infants up to 1 year of age.

   b.  133% for children age 1 through 5 years of age; and

   c.  100% for children age 6 and older who were born after September 30, 1983.

   Healthy Horizons--

   a.  100% for those persons eligible for the categorically needy and Medicare cost-sharing benefits.

   b.  120% for those persons eligible for the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries and Medically Needy Only benefits.

   c.  135% and 175% for those persons eligible for the Qualifying Individuals Beneficiaries benefits.

(There are different resource limits for each of
these programs.)

   Additional information on the specific program is available at the county assistance offices.

Effective Date

   This notice shall take effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and apply retroactively to February 15, 2000.

FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,   
Secretary

   Fiscal Note:  14-NOT-247. No fiscal impact; (8) recommends adoption. Budgetary projections provide for additional costs resulting from the estimated increase in caseload.

Annex A

TITLE 55.  PUBLIC WELFARE

PART II.  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MANUAL

Subpart C.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER 140.  SPECIAL MA ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS

Subchapter C.  ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR EMC UNDER THE CATEGORICALLY NEEDY PROGRAM FOR TANF-RELATED CATEGORIES

APPENDIX A

EXTENDED MEDICAL COVERAGE (EMC) MONTHLY INCOME LIMITS

185% OF THE 2000 FEDERAL POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES

	185% of the Federal
Family Size	Poverty Income Guidelines
1	$1,287
2	$1,734
3	$2,181
4	$2,629
5	$3,076
6	$3,523
7	$3,970
8	$4,417
Each Additional Person	$   447

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1089. Filed for public inspection June 23, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]