In this update letter, DHCS provides a non-exhaustive desk reference for the different examples of immigration documents that applicants may use for verification purposes. The letter includes illustrations of these documents.
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-38-14: California Department Of Social Services – County Collaboration On SOC 242 (7/18/14)
Highlighting “the momentous collaborative effort” (that started 5 years ago!) between DSS and the County Adult Protective Services (APS) program staff to revise the SOC 242 form, which will collect statistical information related to statewide APS data. A training module was also developed for working with the new form. [Download]
ACIN I-37-14: (CalWORKs: Final Regulations To Implement AB 1712 And AB 212 Non-Minor Dependents (7/10/14)
Passing on the emergency regulations on Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs), as well as some CalWORKs changes. (The CalWORKs changes include exempting NMD’s from: Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System requirements; state residency requirement when placed with an approved relative who resides out-of-state; referral to the local child support agency for child support payments (for NMD’s over age 19 and if living with their own minor children). [Download]
ACIN I-35-14: Release Of The Report Of Program Integrity And Anti Fraud Efforts In The In Home Supportive Services Program For Fiscal Year (FY) 2012/13 (7/8/14)
The Notice provides the background on why the report was done, and releases the Fraud Integrity report. (NOTE: The report doesn’t appear on-line at the link provided in the ACIN…but hopefully will soon!) [Download]
DHCS MEDIL I 14-36: Using Modified Adjusted Gross Income and Express Lane Enrollment Aid Codes for Applications in the Pending Backlog (7/8/14)
In an effort to reduce the backlog of pending Medi-Cal applications, DHCS has issued this guidance to the counties on using MAGI and Express Lane Enrollment (ELE) aid codes as a manual workaround.
These aid codes are to be used when at least one member of the household has an active Medi-Cal or CalFresh aid code in MEDS and SAWS, and only when:
- At least one household member has been determined eligible or contingently eligible in CalHEERS and the entire case cannot be accepted into SAWS/MEDS because others in the household are still pending.
- The county file clears and determines the case as MAGI eligible, and CalHEERS responds that the case is pending due to data and/or technology issues with CalHEERS.
Counties cannot use this process to manually grant Medi-Cal eligibility for non-MAGI cases, limited/restricted scope cases, cases where no household member is on an active Medi-Cal/CalFresh aid code in MEDS/SAWS, or when the only eligible case members are TLICP children.
The state will send NOAs to beneficiaries granted eligibility through ELE aid codes based on this process. Counties will send NOAs to those granted eligibility under MAGI aid codes. All of these beneficiaries will receive intake packets.
DHCS ACWDL 14-28: Elimination of the Deprivation Requirement for Medi -Cal Linkage for the Modified Adjusted Gross Income Parent/Caretaker Group and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Medically Needy Program (7/7/14)
DHCS released this letter to clarify that the previous deprivation of requirement was eliminated as of January 1, 2014, as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Prior to January 1st, family linkage to 1931(b) or AFDC-MN programs was established when a child was deprived through absence, death, incapacity or unemployment/underemployment of at least one parent in the child’s family. With the ACA, Parent/Caretaker and AFDC-MN eligibility is established when the parent/caretaker lives with the child for whom s/he provides care.
The letter also discusses the effects of this rule change on pregnant women, stepparents, and Sneede v. Kizer cases. DHCS provides 8 examples on determining program linkage.