Does Medicaid eligibility end if a Title IV-E adoption assistance eligible child’s adoptive parent(s) dies, or the adoption dissolves?
Yes, Medicaid eligibility through Title IV-E adoption assistance eligibility ends if a child’s adoptive parent(s) dies, or the adoption dissolves and the child is not readopted. The child must be adopted to receive adoption assistance, and the Medicaid that accompanies it. The child may be eligible for Medicaid through another eligibility category, such as Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (SSI) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Cite: 42 U.S.C. §§673 (a)(4) and 1381-1383(f). Practice issue -in the event of the death of a parent: If a child initially has two adoptive parents and one parent dies, the name of the deceased parent can be removed from the agreement and adoption assistance can continue if the adoption assistance agreement includes the signatures of both parents. If the child initially had one adoptive parent and the agreement was completed with that parent and that parent dies (or two adoptive parents and both parents die), the child woul
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