The ARRA created a Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, which provides for certain veterans and the spouses of those veterans to receive a one-time payment of up to $15,000. The law specifies that these benefits are not to be used to determine eligibility for or amount of benefits in any federal program. The provisions were effective April 1, 2009. CWDs must determine if any retroactive payments were received since that time, but are only required to review cases for retroactive payments at recertification, or when it is discovered that a Filipino veteran received a payment from the Fund. CWDs must then determine if the payment not excluded, and take corrective action to restore benefits. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
IHSS
Regulations packets open for public comment
1) Division 31 Grievance Review Procedures
Public comment due by January 13, 2010 at 5:00 p.m
Regulations implementing Gomez settlement on grievance hearings to dispute listing of name on Child Abuse Central Index.
2) CalWORKs Intercounty Transfer Changes
Public comment period due by February 10, 2010 at 5:00 pm.
These proposed regulations will exempt non-needy caretaker relatives of a child who is a dependent of the court from the requirement of a face-to-face interview in their new county. They will also require CWDs to verify that the relative has been appropriately approved to care for the child, and is not receiving CalWORKs benefits for him or herself.
ACIN I-87-09: Request For County IHSS Provider Appeals Contact Information (12/8/09)
A request that each county designate two contact persons for the new IHSS Provider Enrollment Appeals Unit (PEAU). [Download]
ACWDL 09-58: Statutory changes in the CDSS program for payment of medical recognized expenses, including its elimination effective October 1, 2009 (11/24/09)
The share of cost buy-out program is being eliminated due to statutory changes to the CDSS program. Payment of Medi-Cal
Recognized Expenses (MRE) for Personal Care Services Program and In-Home Supportive Services, Plus Waiver program recipients are eliminated as of October 1, 2009. This letter has attached DSS ACL 09-47 which contains more details. [Download]
ACL 09-78: TRO Limiting IHSS Provider Disqualifying Crimes (11/25/09)
Notice of the TRO in Beckwith v. Wagner. As a result, counties can only disqualify providers based on the crimes listed in Welfare & Institutions Code ยง 12305.81 (convicted or incarcerated within the last ten years for child abuse, elder abuse, or fraud). The TRO does not allow counties to inquire or deny based on “Other Felony Convictions” or “Serious Misdemeanors.” Counties need to stop using the enrollment forms, but are to continue the provider fingerprinting and criminal background check requirement. [Download]
ACL 09-63: Revised IHSS Recipient Application Form (10/28/09)
Transmits a new (required) application form, to comport with the Budget cut changes to IHSS. It advises re: fraud and fingerprinting, etc. [Download]