Information on the IHSS payroll purging: DSS has two new reports created relating to the automatic termination of providers with no payroll activity statewide for one year. All relates back to notifying people of subsequent arrests that may disqualify providers from IHSS employment. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
Public Comment Period on CalWORKs regulations
The following regulation packages are open for public comment, through 8/29/2012.
AB 98 Subsidized Employment as amended by SB 72 and AB106 (CalWORKs Program), ORD No. 0312-01
CalWORKs 48-Month Time Limit and Good Cause Exemption (SB 72 and AB106), ORD No. 0412-03
ACL 12-33: Implementation Of Senate Bill 1041 As It Relates To Service Reductions In The In-Home Supportive Services Program (7/6/12)
This year’s budget trailer bill continues the 3.6% IHSS hours reduction from the prior year. This letter implements that continued cut. The new reduction of 3.6 percent to every IHSS recipient’s total authorized hours will be effective beginning August 1, 2012. Notices will be mailed beginning July 16, 2012. (The temp NOA is attached.) Recipients will still be able to choose which specific authorized IHSS services they want to reduce. The new 3.6 percent reduction will first be applied to any documented unmet need (other than protective supervision).
A county that receives a request for a reassessment during the 90 days following issuance of a NOA generated by the 3.6 percent reduction must evaluate whether the request’s purpose is to dispute the 3.6 percent reduction, or whether there has been a change affecting the recipient’s functional abilities. IF the county decides it’s just to dispute the hour reduction, it shall not do the reassessment, but shall explain state hearing rights. [Download]
ACIN I-36-12: Student Eligibility (6/27/12)
If you intend to not to continue in school, when have you “dropped out” for purposes of CalFresh eligibility (end of student disqualification)? Since eligibility at application is determined based on the household’s circumstances as of the date of the interview, regardless of having been continually attending school prior to the application and interview, if an applicant specifically states that they do not intend to register for an upcoming term at least half-time, the county may not determine them to be ineligible based on their student status. [Download]
ACL 12-31: Altered Access To MEDS Data Elements For APS Case Work (6/28/12)
Oops. Turns out that Adult Protective Services can’t have access to the MEDS database. APS does not have needs-based eligibility and thus APS access would run afoul of the rules re: access to the Social Security Administration data, which permits access only when the data is used for purposes of eligiblity. To address APS needs, DSS is developing “MEDSLite” which will provide access to needed information that is within the privacy and confidentiality restrictions. [Download]
ACL 12-28: CMIPS Process For Requesting System Access (6/14/12)
Info on accessing the Case Management, Information And Payrolling System (CMIPS) system, to comply with HIPAA.[Download]