Maybe. With institutional deeming, Medi-Cal can evaluate your child’s eligibility without counting your income.

Medi-Cal will count the child support as the child’s own income. But, because your child has a disability, they may only count 2/3 of the support as countable income.^[1]Your child can have no-share-of-cost Medi-Cal if child support is not more than $920 a month. If child support is more than that, you may want to ask your family lawyer about structuring the child … Continue reading The Medi-Cal share of cost will be based on the child’s countable income over $600 per month.