Can grandmother claim 17 month old child as a dependent that receives TX medicaid on her taxes? will this also effect the child's medicaid benefits?

[uhcl08]

Parent of 17 month old did not work and received no taxable income for the year. Will not be filing taxes. 

[DanielV01 · Accepted solution]

It depends.  Chances are good that she can claim the child on her taxes.  The grandmother may claim her grandchild if:

• The grandchild lived with her at least 6 months and one day last year.
• The child's mom will not or cannot claim her child
• The child did not provide at least half of it's own support. (Obviously did not if on Medicaid)

This is a tax forum, so I can't give any information on how state Medicaid is affected.  That might be information you would want to investigate with the state before filing the tax return.