P.P. v. New Jersey Department of Human Services

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KLEINER, J.A.D.

Petitioner P.P. appeals a decision of the Director of Medical Assistance and Health Services which adopted a prior recommended decision of an administrative law judge, denying P.P.’s application for Medicaid benefits for her son predicated upon a determination that her income exceeded the threshold imposed by N.J.A.C. 10:72-4.1. The decision also concluded that the prospective budgeting method utilized to calculate eligibility, N.J.A.C. 10:82-1.10, was valid and not contrary to federal law. We affirm both components of that decision.

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