This ACWDL contains 5 different DRA related NOAs, in English and Spanish. They have yet to be translated into other threshold languages. The first two NOAs inform Medi-Cal applicants that they have been approved for restricted-scope Medi-Cal with or without a share of cost for failure to provide acceptable evidence of citizenship/ national status or identity. Notice’s 3 and 4 inform beneficiaries that their benefits are being reduced for not providing acceptable evidence. The final notice restores full-scope benefits to both applicants and beneficiaries because acceptable evidence was provided- yay. [Download]

Previously the Program Review Section reviewed Counties’ application processing times using two different application samples, one for general applications and one for disability-based applications. This ACWDL changes the process and integrates the area of application processing into one application sample. The idea is that the new process will create samples that are more representative of the total application population; the old process was yielding low numbers of reviewable disability- based cases. The reviews will be based on the same time standards of 45 days for general applications and 90 days for disability-based applications; of course disability-based applications that cannot be processed within 90 days due to state agency delay will not be considered.   [Download]

Some term life insurance policies now have cash values. The face value of those with cash surrender value will be combined with the face value of other insurance policies. If the total combined face value is over $1,500 the net value will be included in the property reserve. Endowment life insurance contracts are treated as a legal instrument similar to a trust. Assets held in an ELIC are considered available property. [Download]

This ACWDL lays out the process county welfare departments need to follow to determine the Medi-Cal eligibility of youth prior to their release from county juvenile facilities, pursuant to SB 1469. Before a juvenile is released, the county juvenile facility provides the necessary information to determine the juvenile’s Medi-Cal eligibility to the county welfare department.  The date of release is the date of eligibility.  If the juvenile is eligible the county welfare department must supply the juvenile with a temporary paper Medi-Cal card that he or she can use immediately upon release. [Download]