Treatment of Eighteen-Year-Old Applicants

An individual who has attained the age of eighteen (18) years and who is not a dependent for tax purposes of another household may apply to the Medically Indigent Program. An individual who is between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-three (23) years who is still attending high school or college and living at home may be included under that person’s parents, or household member’s application to the Medically Indigent Program and the family’s income. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-163:2 (Sept. 21, 2000), and repealed/reenacted by P.L. 27-030:2 (Sept. 30, 2003).