Recent Clarification of the Child Support Assignment and Cooperation Obligations of Parents and Children Applying for or Receiving Medicaid


 

Publication Date: May 2001

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Paula Roberts

Research Area: Health

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Briefly explains a critical distinction between the child support assignment and cooperation requirements applicable to child-only Medicaid households and those applicable to households in which both children and adults seek Medicaid coverage.