The standard allocation and the parent allocation will not increase as there is no COLA increase in 2010. The 2009 Medicare Part A premium will increase to $461 for those with fewer than 30 quarters of work and to $254 for those with 30-39 quarters of work. For most people the Part B premium will hold steady at $96.40 (it will increase for certain people for those the letter has a fact sheet with more details). The Part B deductible will rise to $155 and the Part A deductible to $1,100 for the first 60 days of inpatient care. [Download]
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ACWDL 09-50: January 2010 Social Security Title II AND Title XVI COLA and related issues (11/4/09)
There will be no COLA for 2010. The 2010 Medicare Part B premium is $96.40. The letter gives instructions on how to calculate the 2010 share of cost for both those who do pay the Medicare Part B premium, and for those who do not, as well as Pickle specific instructions. Included with the letter are new charts and other information from the Pickle Handbook. [Download]
ACWDL 09-48: Rescind the Healthy Families Program wait list (10/13/09)
MRMIB has received sufficient funds to open Healthy Families up to new enrollment. They will take all the children off the wait list and will not be doing any disenrollments. This letter rescinds the instructions in ACWDL 09-39 regarding the Healthy Families wait list as there is no longer a wait list. Some cases that MRMIB is taking off the wait list will have new income provided. If the new income information makes a child eligible for free Medi-Cal the application will be sent to the CWD and the original date of application to the single point of entry will be preserved. There is no change to the Medi-Cal to Healthy Families bridge. [Download]
ACWDL 09-47: Access to MEDS for county child welfare services agencies (10/14/09)
Child welfare service workers cannot have access to MEDS because they are not authorized to view the Social Security Administration data that is contained within MEDS. They can have access to MEDSLITE. This letter provides instructions to allow CWDs to disable child welfare service access to MEDS and only enable access to MEDSLITE. [Download]
ACWDL 09-40: Elimination of SAVE for immigrants who claim the last PRUCOL status category 16 on the MC 13 form (10/14/09)
The County will no longer ask for verification of PRUCOL status from people who choose the last option on the MC13 Form, the option that reads: “Not in any of the above categories, who can show that: (1) INS knows he/she is in the United States; and (2) INS does not intend to deport him/her, either because of the person’s status category or individual circumstances.” Counties will grant full scope Medi-Cal to people who check that box, if they are otherwise eligible, without checking into immigration status. [Download]
ACL 09-12: CMSP Eligibility Manual Revisions (9/22/09)
This letter contains two revised eligibility sections. One specifies Native American property which is considered exempt for CMSP eligibility determinations. The other clarifies that SDI lump sum payments are included in the CMSP property reserve. [Download]