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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-1102

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFARE

Federal 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,   
Secretary

   Fiscal 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]




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