In this letter, DHCS clarifies the redetermination process for beneficiaries on the Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) program. Currently, RMA provides Medi-Cal benefits to refugees (including asylees, trafficking victims and special immigrants without categorical linkage) for their first eight months in the United States. Post-ACA, RMA beneficiaries are still entitled to the full eight months but should be evaluated for MAGI Medi-Cal eligibility.
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