West Virginia의 Medicaid: 신청 가능한 항목 안내

🌟🌟 West Virginia made a choice here that many states did not, and its own policy manual sets it out in unusual detail. Read this through. First layer: ordinary Medicaid runs on the qualified alien test. The categories listed in the WV Income Maintenance Manual, Chapter 18, section 18.4 part C include: a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act before August 22, 1996; a person granted asylum under INA section 208, eligible for 7 years from entry; a refugee admitted under INA section 207, including immigrants certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as victims of a severe form of trafficking, eligible for 7 years from entry; a person whose deportation is withheld under INA section 243(h), eligible for 7 years from the date of that status; Amerasian immigrants and Cuban or Haitian entrants who entered within the last 5 years, with participation limited to 7 years from entry; honorably discharged veterans, people on active duty, and their spouses and unmarried dependent children; and a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence on or after August 22, 1996 who has been a qualified alien for more than 5 years. 🌟 The manual separately lists battered spouses and battered children, and notes that the non-abusive parent of a battered child, and the child of a battered parent, may also be eligible. 🌟🌟 Second layer, and the one most worth knowing in this state: pregnant women and children aged 18 and under are measured against the broader "lawfully present" test, not the qualified alien test. Section 18.4 C.2.B provides that lawfully present pregnant women and children aged 18 and under who meet the state residency requirements in Chapter 8 and are otherwise financially eligible may qualify for Medicaid. The manual then spells out what lawfully present means, and the list is long: a qualified non-citizen as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1641(b) and (c); a non-citizen in a valid nonimmigrant status under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15); someone paroled under 1182(d)(5) for less than one year, except parole for prosecution, deferred inspection or pending removal proceedings; someone granted temporary resident status under 1160 or 1255a; someone granted Temporary Protected Status, and someone with a pending TPS application who has been granted employment authorization; someone granted employment authorization under 8 CFR 274a.12(c); Family Unity beneficiaries; people under Deferred Enforced Departure; people granted deferred action; people granted an administrative stay of removal; the beneficiary of an approved visa petition with a pending application for adjustment of status; someone with a pending application for asylum, or for withholding of removal, or under the Convention Against Torture, who has been granted employment authorization or is under 14 with an application pending at least 180 days; someone granted withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture; a child with a pending application for Special Immigrant Juvenile status; someone lawfully present in American Samoa; and a victim of severe trafficking in persons. 🔴 The same provision states an exception that has to be reported plainly: a person with deferred action under the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals process shall not be considered lawfully present for any of those categories. 🌟🌟 The manual gives two worked examples of its own, clearer than any paraphrase, so here they are as written: · First: a 23-year-old student attending Marshall University on a valid student visa becomes pregnant and applies for pregnancy Medicaid, and is financially eligible. The manual's conclusion: she is lawfully present and intends to reside in West Virginia, and since she is also financially eligible she would be approved for pregnancy Medicaid. · Second: a 23-year-old student on a student visa has his three children listed on the visa, and household monthly income is under 138% of the federal poverty level. The manual's conclusion: he himself would only be eligible for emergency Medicaid, because he meets neither the pregnant-women nor the children-18-and-under category — but his children would be eligible for children's Medicaid, as they are lawfully present and intend to reside in West Virginia. 🌟 Taken together those two examples make one point: within a family, an adult not qualifying does not mean the children do not. The children's side has to be looked at on its own. 🌟 Third layer: emergency Medicaid. Section 18.9 provides that a person who is not a qualified alien is eligible for Medicaid only in emergency situations, and must still meet every other eligibility requirement of the Medicaid group applied for. Two sentences there matter especially: "Aliens must provide their SSN(s), if one is available, but must not be required to apply for an SSN" — give the number if you have one, and you must not be made to apply for one if you do not; and pregnant women facing imminent delivery or related problems are evaluated using Medicaid guidelines for all programs, with the unborn child considered as a child in the home. 🔴 The limits are stated just as plainly: emergency services do not cover organ transplant procedures and do not cover routine prenatal or post partum care; what is covered is a condition of sudden onset with acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain and including emergency labor and delivery, such that without immediate attention it could reasonably be expected to place health in serious jeopardy, seriously impair bodily functions, or seriously affect any bodily organ or part; and ongoing emergency medical care must be approved by DFA before benefits continue. 🌟 One uncommon but real route: section 18.2 provides that an American Indian born in Canada who is of at least one-half American Indian blood may freely enter and reside in the United States and is considered lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and so is a qualified alien. It does not extend to that person's spouse or child, nor to membership in a tribe or family created by adoption unless that person is also of fifty percent or more Indian blood. Accepted proof of bloodline: a birth or baptismal certificate issued on a reservation, tribal records, a letter from the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs, or school records. 🔴🔴 A timestamp and a limit that must be stated: the manual sections quoted above carry revision dates between 2006 and 2016 — 18.4 is October 2016, 18.9 is October 2013, 18.2 is July 2006. They were therefore written before the public charge rule that took effect on December 23, 2022. We quote them faithfully as West Virginia's own policy text, but that does not mean every sentence in them is still current today. For a decision about you, rely on DoHS's answer now, and get that answer in writing (1-877-716-1212). Federal Medicaid generally requires a "qualified" immigration status, and most people must wait five years after getting that status (the "five-year bar") before applying. Refugees, asylees, and certain others are exempt from the five-year wait; emergency Medicaid is available regardless of status. Some states (such as California) use state funds to cover more people — see your state's details. 🔴 The 2025 federal law OBBBA (H.R.1, Public Law 119-21, enacted July 4, 2025) significantly narrows eligibility: effective Oct 1, 2026 (Section 71109), federal Medicaid/CHIP funding is limited to four groups — U.S. citizens/nationals, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), Cuban/Haitian entrants, and COFA migrants (Micronesia/Marshall Islands/Palau). Refugees, asylees, trafficking victims, parolees, and other "qualified aliens" who are not yet LPRs lose federal eligibility (refugees/asylees can generally regain it after becoming LPRs). Emergency Medicaid remains available regardless of status (though Section 71110 lowers its federal match to the regular FMAP effective Oct 1, 2026 — this does not change its availability); the state options for lawfully-residing children and pregnant women are preserved. Section 71119 adds community-engagement (work) requirements for ACA-expansion adults (19-64) effective Dec 31, 2026 (or sooner at state option) — at least 80 hours/month, with exemptions for pregnant/postpartum people, the medically frail, caretakers of a child under 14, and others. This is a changing area — check the latest official guidance. 최종 결정은 담당 기관이 합니다.

Regular Medicaid does NOT count in the public charge test — receiving it does not affect your green card or immigration application. The one exception: Medicaid that pays for long-term institutional care (a long-term stay in a nursing facility or mental-health institution at government expense) DOES count. Everyday doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, and home- and community-based care are not this exception. Many categories are exempt by law: refugees, asylees, VAWA self-petitioners, T and U visa applicants, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ), Cuban/Haitian entrants, and others. This is information only, not immigration, legal, or tax advice. Public charge and your personal status are complex — consult a licensed immigration attorney. We never tell you whether you "will" or "won't" be affected.