Rule 23-100-8.1 - Coverage of Mandatory and Optional Categorically Needy IndividualsA. The federal government, through passage of federal laws, defines and describes categorically needy groups that either must be covered by individual state Medicaid programs or that may be covered by individual state Medicaid programs at their option. B. All individual state Medicaid programs must provide coverage to specified categories of needy individuals that include: children, pregnant women, parents or caretaker relatives of dependent children, aged individuals and disabled or blind individuals. Within these broad categories of coverage, the specific groups covered are either mandatory or optional. C. Coverage of optional categorically needy groups is authorized by the passage of state laws. 23 Miss. Code. R. 100-8.1
42 CFR § 435.2; Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-115.