This letter contains the list of chief probation officer contacts for county welfare departments. These contacts are to be used by counties to carry out the requirements of SB 1469. SB 1469 required DHCS to develop a process so that juveniles who are incarcerated for at least 30 days can establish Medi-Cal eligibility immediately upon release if they are eligible, see ACWDL 07-34 for more details. ACWDL 08-36 contains the contact information for the county welfare department contact person regarding the SB 1469 process. [Download]

This letter contains, as you may have guessed from the title, the updated Medi-Cal Budget Calculation Chart. [Download]

$1,433 is the 2009 TB income standard for an individual. $2,000 is the 2009 resource limit for an individual. If the applicant is married counties count only income in their own name, and only separate property plus half of any community property. The 2009 SSI standard allocation for an eligible child with ineligible parents is $337; the federal benefit rate is $674 for an individual and $1,011 for a couple. [Download]

This letter clarifies the procedures counties need to follow to have an other health coverage code removed from a beneficiary’s account when he or she has survived domestic violence and the abuser is the person who has the other health coverage. To have the code removed counties can either e-mail or call TPL with the survivor’s name, CIN, and date of birth, name of the insurance carrier, and a statement indicating that the other health insurance is blocking access to care for the abused victims. [Download]

This letter reminds counties which children should be bridged to Healthy Families, what documentation should be provided to Healthy Families, and that income verification provided to Healthy Families must be dated within 45 days. With MSRs for many children going into effect 1/1/09 more children may be bridged to Healthy Families; the new MSR form contains an opt out box that parents check if they do not want their children’s information forwarded to Healthy Families. [Download]

The standard allocation increased from $319 to $337. The parent allocation is $674 for an individual and $1,011 for a couple. The 2009 Medicare Part A premium is $443 for those with fewer than 30 quarters of work and $244 for those with 30-39 quarters of work. The Part B premium will hold steady at $96.40 (more for those who make over $85,000) and the deductible will remain $135. Title II COLAs for all FPL programs will be disregarded until the new FPLs are effective for the particular program. [Download]