[§346-70] Medical assistance for other pregnant women.  (a)  The department mayprovide state-funded medical assistance to a pregnant woman age nineteen yearsof age or older whose countable family income does not exceed one hundred andeighty-five per cent of the federal poverty level for a family of applicablesize, including the expected unborn children.  The pregnant woman shall be:

(1)  A legal immigrant who entered the United Stateson or after August 22, 1996; and

(2)  Otherwise eligible for benefits under the State'smedicaid program but is prohibited from participating in any medical assistanceprogram under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for a period of five yearsbeginning on the date of her entry into the United States, due to restricted eligibilityrules imposed by Title XIX of the Social Security Act and the PersonalResponsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996.

(b)  Once determined eligible for medicalassistance under this section, the pregnant woman shall continue to be eligiblethroughout her pregnancy and through the last day of the calendar month inwhich the sixty-day period following childbirth ends.

(c)  Assets shall not be evaluated foreligibility purposes.

(d)  The director shall adopt rules pursuant tochapter 91 to determine eligibility for medical assistance. [L 2004, c 160, §2]