Coverage Type Eligibility Rules

The coverage type eligibility rules include rules which:

Determine the individuals or groups of individuals who may be entitled to assistance. This is known as assistance units within Cúram Income Support and Cúram Medical Assistance.
The rules for each coverage type determine how the assistance units are formed for each coverage type. In general the household composition rules are used to form the assistance unit and determine the household members that are included in the unit. The household determination rules determine the household members that are not included or excluded from the assistance unit.
Determine whose income and resources should be considered in the financial eligibility rules. This is known as the financial units.
Determine how many people should be considered to be in the household. This is known as the household size. This is required in order to determine what income and resource limits should be used in the financial eligibility rules.
The dependent child rules determine if a child is considered a dependent child, and is used by many coverage types in the rules for the formation of assistance units. As these rules are common to the LIFC, Children, Pregnant Women, Refugee coverage types these rules have been documented in the Common Rules - Dependent Child chapter. of this guide.