E. The parent or caretaker relative of a child described in |
paragraph B or D when the child's family income is equal to |
or below 150% 200% of the nonfarm income official poverty |
line, subject to adjustment by the commissioner under this |
paragraph. Medicaid services provided under this paragraph |
must be provided within the limits of the program budget. |
Funds appropriated for services under this paragraph must |
include an annual inflationary adjustment equivalent to the |
rate of inflation in the Medicaid program. On a quarterly |
basis, the commissioner shall determine the fiscal status of |
program expenditures under this paragraph. If the |
commissioner determines that expenditures will exceed the |
funds available to provide Medicaid coverage pursuant to |
this paragraph, the commissioner must adjust the income |
eligibility limit for new applicants to the extent necessary |
to operate the program within the program budget. If, after |
an adjustment has occurred pursuant to this paragraph, |
expenditures fall below the program budget, the commissioner |
must raise the income eligibility limit to the extent |
necessary to provide services to as many eligible persons as |
possible within the fiscal constraints of the program |
budget, as long as the income limit does not exceed 150% |
200% of the nonfarm income official poverty line; and |