Revision 13-4; Effective December 1, 2013

Persons eligible for this program do not receive regular Medicaid benefits. Medicaid will pay the Medicare Part B premiums for SLMB. The person must be entitled to enroll in Medicare Part A and must meet all of the eligibility requirements for QMB status, except for income less than 120 percent of the federal poverty level. Persons may be eligible under both a Medicaid or Community Attendant Services program and the SLMB program (see Section 4501(b) of the OBRA, 1990). For more information on the SLMB program, see Section Q-3000, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) – MC-SLMB.

Automated System Program Identifier
TIERS – MC-SLMB

Note: For TIERS, the following programs cannot be dually eligible for SLMB: ME-Pickle; ME-SSI Prior; ME-Temp Manual SSI; ME-SSI; ME-Disabled Adult Child (DAC); MC-SLMB; MC-QMB; and ME-A and D Emergency. Even though ME-Pickle and ME-DAC recipients may meet SLMB eligibility requirements, the Medicare Part B premium is already paid by the state of Texas based on their prior SSI eligibility and the continuation of that Medicaid coverage. The only requirement to test for SLMB is if the Pickle or DAC eligibility will be denied.