Limited Coverage Medicaid Plans

Tuberculosis (TB) Related Services Only Benefits

TB-Related Services Only Benefits helps pay some medical costs for the care of tuberculosis (TB) infection or TB disease.

To get this benefit, a person must meet income and asset rules and have been infected with TB. For one person, the gross monthly income limit is $1,505 and the asset limit is $2,000. Only the income and assets of the applicant are counted. For a minor, age 18 or younger living at home, some of the parents’ income and assets are counted.

TB-Related Medicaid will only cover services directly related to the care of TB. These include:

• Physician services,

• Prescription drugs,

• Laboratory tests and x-rays,

• Clinic services,

• Services designed to encourage completion of treatment,

• Services needed due to side effects of prescribed drugs for TB care.

Note: TB-Related Services does not pay for hospital stays or room and board.

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Last Revised: February 06, 2013