A recent amendment to Welfare and Institutions Code section 12305.1 requires that, effective July 1, 2009, individuals in Personal Care Services Program (PCSP) or IHSS Independence Plus Waiver (IPW) who were eligible for and received services under one of those programs before July 1, 2009, and who continue to receive those services, will continue to receive the CDSS payment of Medi-Cal Recognized Expenses (MRE).
Individuals who are or become eligible for the PCSP, or either IPW or a successor program to IPW, on or after July 1, 2009, will not be eligible for the payment of MRE. Additionally, individuals who are or become eligible for the IHSS Residual (IHSS-R) program on or after July 1, 2009 who would otherwise be eligible to receive this payment will not be eligible for the payment of MRE. IHSS recipients who leave any of the above programs, or lose eligibility and subsequently regain eligibility for services through these programs, will not be eligible for the payment
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