100 STAT. 2050
PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986
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PART 1—COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS
SEC. 9401. OPTIONAL COVERAGE OF POOR PREGNANT WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN. '
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(a) CREATION OF NEW OPTIONAL CATEGORICALLY NEEDY GROUP.—
Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. • \rt 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) by striking ", or" at the end of subclause (VII) and inserting a semicolon, " ^ ' (2) by inserting "or" at the end of subclause (VIII), and (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause: ' ' '" "(IX) subject to subsection (1)(4), who are described in subsection (1)(1);". (b) DESCRIPTION OF GROUP.—Section 1902 of such Act is amended by inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection: -> "(1)(1) Individuals described in this paragraph are— "(A) women during pregnancy (and during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy), "(B) infants under one year of age, "(C) children who have attained one year of age but have not attained two years of age, "(D) children who have attained two years of age but have not attained three years of age, "(E) children who have attained three years of age but have not attained four years of age, and State and local "(F) children who have attained four years of age but have not governments. ygt attained five years of age, who are not described in subsection (a)(10)(A)(i), whose family income does not exceed the income level established by the State under paragraph (2) for a family size equal to the size of the family, including the woman, infant, or child. "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the State shall establish an income level which is a percentage (not more than 100 percent) of the nonfarm income official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with 42 USC 9902. section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981) applicable to a family of the size involved. "(3) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(17), for individuals who are eligible for medical assistance because of subsection (a)(lOXAXiiXIX)"(A) application of a resource standard shall be at the option of the State; "(B) any resource standard or methodology that is applied with respect to an individual described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) may not be more restrictive than the resource 42 USC 1381. sq, standard or methodology that is applied under title XVI; "(C) any resource standard or methodology that is applied with respect to an individual described in subparagraph (B), (C), '*'-' (D), (E), or (F) of paragraph (1) may not be more restrictive than the corresponding methodology that is applied under the State 42 USC 601. plan under part A of title IV; "(D) the income standard to be applied is the income standard established under paragraph (2); and "(E) family income shall be determined in accordance with the methodology employed under the State plan under part A
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