DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFAREFederal Poverty Income Guidelines for 1999 [29 Pa.B. 3676] The Department of Public Welfare (Department) announces the implementation in this Commonwealth of the 1999 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines (FPIGs) which were issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and published at 64 FR 13428 on March 18, 1999.
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 of Public Welfare. These categories include the Healthy Beginnings Program for Pregnant Women and Qualified Children, Chapter 140, Subchapter A; Healthy Horizons Program for the Elderly and Disabled, Chapter 140, Subchapter B; and Extended Medical Coverage under the Categorically Needy Program TANF-Related Categories, Chapter 140, Subchapter C.
The percentages for the Healthy Beginnings and Healthy Horizons Programs are set forth as follows:
100% of FPIG
120% of FPIG
133% of FPIG
135% of FPIG
175% of FPIG
185% of FPIG
Persons
Mo.
Annual Mo.
Annual Mo.
Annual Mo.
Annual Mo.
Annual Mo.
Annual 1 $ 687 $ 8,240 $ 824 $ 9,888 $ 913 $10,959 $ 927 $11,124 $1,202 $14,420 $1,270 $15,244 2 $ 922 $11,060 $1,106 $13,272 $1,226 $14,710 $1,244 $14,931 $1,613 $19,355 $1,705 $20,461 3 $1,157 $13,880 $1,388 $16,656 $1,538 $18,460 $1,562 $18,738 $2,024 $24,290 $2,140 $25,678 4 $1,392 $16,700 $1,670 $20,040 $1,851 $22,211 $1,879 $22,545 $2,435 $29,225 $2,575 $30,895 5 $1,627 $19,520 $1,952 $23,424 $2,163 $25,962 $2,196 $26,352 $2,847 $34,160 $3,009 $36,112 6 $1,862 $22,340 $2,234 $26,808 $2,476 $29,712 $2,513 $30,159 $3,258 $39,095 $3,444 $41,329 7 $2,097 $25,160 $2,516 $30,192 $2,789 $33,463 $2,831 $33,966 $3,669 $44,030 $3,879 $46,546 8 $2,332 $27,980 $2,798 $33,576 $3,101 $37,213 $3,148 $37,773 $4,080 $48,965 $4,314 $51,763 Each
Additional
Person
$ 235 $2,820 $ 282 $ 3,384 $ 313 $ 3,751 $ 317 $ 3,807 $ 411 $ 4,935 $ 435 $ 5,217
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 March 18, 1999.
FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,
SecretaryFiscal Note: 14-NOT-211. No fiscal impact; (8) recommends adoption.
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 1999 FEDERAL POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES 185% of the Federal Family Size Poverty Income Guidelines 1 $1,270 2 $1,705 3 $2,140 4 $2,575 5 $3,009 6 $3,444 7 $3,879 8 $4,314 Each Additional Person $ 435
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1102. Filed for public inspection July 9, 1999, 9:00 a.m.] [29 Pa.B. 3677]
