medi-cal
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ACWDL 08-47: Elimination of sunset date for the 250% Working Disabled Program (10/22/2008)
Elton John’s plea to not let the sun go down on the working disabled was answered by AB1183. The sunset date of January 1, 2009 was eliminated by AB 1183 (Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008). The 250% Working…
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ACWDL 08-45: County performance standards and minimum case sample sizes for self-certifications and independent evaluations (10/10/2008)
This ACWDL lays out some changes in self-certification and independent evaluation minimum sample requirements. Included are the mandatory performance levels that must be achieved including 90% of regular applications processed in 45 days and disability applications processed in…
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ACWDL 08-44: Translated Medi-Cal notices of action for the citizenship/identity requirements of the Defecit Reduction Act of 2005 (10/9/2008)
The Defecit Reduction Act requires U.S. Citizens and Nationals to provide proof of citizenship/ national status and identity for Medi-Cal eligibility. The NOAs related to the DRA are now available in Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Armenian, Farsi, Khmer,…
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ACWDL 08-43: Eight-month period of eligibility and review of determination of Medi-Cal eligibility for refugee medical assistance/ entrant medical assistance beneficiaries (9/24/2008)
This letter clarifies that the Refugee Medical Assistance and Entrant Medical Assistance program (RMA/EMA) is a fully federally funded non Medi-Cal program that gives full-scope medical assistance through the Medi-Cal program. RMA/EMA only lasts for 8 months and…
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ACWDL 08-42: Clarification of rules for the A&D FPL (9/23/2008)
This letter clarifies that the Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level Program (A&D FPL) follows the Medically Needy Rules, including all income deductions, allocations, and exemptions. It refers to ACWDL 00-57, which contains the A&D FPL financial eligibility…
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ACWDL 08-40: Errata to ACWDL 07-26 and 08-13 enclosure 1(9/12/2008)
This letter has revisions to the effective date of the 2008 SSI/SSP cash grant levels. The SSP COLA increases originally scheduled for June 1, 2008, and then delayed to October 1, 2008, will not be going into effect…
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ACWDL 08-41: Change to ACWDL 08-06 (New limits and disregards for the Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A & D FPL) Program for 2008) (9/12/2008)
DSS anticipates that the statute authorizing the SSP COLA increase on October 1, 2008 will be repealed, so the COLA increase will not be implemented on October 1, 2008. Income limits for a couple on A&D FPL Medi-Cal…
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ACWDL 08-39: Discontinuance of paper ACWDLs (9/9/2008)
DHCS will no longer mail out paper copies of new All County Welfare Director Letters or Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letters. New ACWDLs and MEDILs will only be issued electonically and placed on the website at http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/eligibility/Pages/ACWDLbyyear.aspx. [Download]
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ACWDL 08-38: County exception eligible reports: aid code 8X pending applications for CHDP Gateway PE (9/5/2008)
Aid code 8X, the Child Health and Disability Prevention Gateway Healthy Families Program aid code, will be included on the county exception eligible report. This will stop the problem of a child indefinitely being on presumptive eligibility Medi-Cal…
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ACWDL 08-37: Errate to ACWDL 08-15 budget calculation charts (9/4/2008)
The SSP COLA implementation date has been pushed back meaning budget calculation charts previously released by DHCS are no longer accurate. Updated budget calculation charts are attached to this ACWDL. [Download]