New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 79 - NJ FAMILYCARE-CHILDREN'S PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY › Section 10:79-4.1 - Income eligibility limits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Income limits
				for children through 18 years covered under the provisions of this chapter for
				NJ FamilyCare-Children's Program-Plan A shall be based on 133 percent of the
				poverty income guideline as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
				Services in accordance with sections 652 and 672(2) of the Omnibus Budget
				Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( P.L. 97-35 ). The monthly income standard will be
				1/12 of 133 percent of the annual poverty income guideline rounded up to the
				next whole dollar amount for each household size. The annual revision to the
				Federal poverty income guideline will be effective for the purposes of this
				section with the first day of the year for which the poverty guideline is
				promulgated.
(b) Income limits for
				children through 18 years covered under the provisions of this chapter for Plan
				B shall be no greater than 150 percent of the poverty income guideline as
				defined by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with
				sections 652 and 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( P.L.
				97-35 ). The monthly income standard will be one-twelfth of 150 percent of the
				annual poverty income guideline rounded up to the next whole dollar amount for
				each household size. The annual revision to the Federal poverty guideline will
				be effective for the purposes of this section with the first day of the year
				for which the poverty guideline is promulgated.
(c) Income limits for children through 18
				years covered under the provisions of this chapter for Plan C shall be no
				greater than 200 percent of the poverty income guideline as defined by the
				Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with sections 652 and
				673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( P.L. 97-35 ). The
				monthly income standard will be one-twelfth of 200 percent of the annual
				poverty income guideline rounded up to the next whole dollar amount for each
				household size. The annual revision to the Federal poverty income guideline
				shall be effective for the purposes of this section with the first day of the
				year for which the poverty guideline is promulgated.
(d) Income limits for children through 18
				years covered under the provisions of this chapter for Plan D shall be no
				greater than 350 percent of the poverty income guideline as defined by the
				Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with sections 652 and
				673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( P.L. 97-35 ). Net
				income limits shall be no greater than 200 percent of the poverty income
				guideline after the application of disregards as defined at
				10:79-4.4(c). The
				monthly income standard will be one-twelfth of 350 percent of the annual
				poverty income guideline rounded up to the next whole dollar amount for
				household size. The annual revision to the Federal poverty income guideline
				will be effective for the purposes of this section with the first day of the
				year for which the poverty guideline is promulgated.
(e) In order to be eligible for NJ
				FamilyCare-Children's Program benefits under the provisions of this chapter,
				monthly household income (as determined by this chapter) must be equal to or
				less than the income limit established in (a) through (d) above.