DHCS issued guidelines about which materials must be offered to households at the time of application and at the time of renewal. The set of documents depends on applicant type: New Household, Medicare Savings Program, Non-MAGI, Renewal. The letter provides the lists of documents. DHCS MEDIL I 14-54.
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Counties to implement new CalWORKs Stage 1 child care benefit notices and forms
Several new forms and notices for Stage 1 child care, revised to comply with current regulations and to be more easily understood by recipients, were sent to the counties on November 13, 2014. ACL 14-85.
New video for IHSS providers and recipients on timesheet changes in 2015
CDSS has made available a new online video, available in English, Spanish, Armenian and Chinese, that demonstrates how providers are to document overtime and travel time that will be compensable beginning January 1, 2015. The video explains the compensation and reimbursement changes related to SB 855 and SB 873 and explains proper use of several new related forms, including the revised time sheet and the new travel claim form. ACIN I-65-14.
Changes to how counties will calculate CalWORKs participation hours
Beginning July 1, 2014, counties must determine whether or not a CalWORKs recipient has met his or her hourly participation obligations by using a weekly average per month rather than a weekly minimum number of hours. Workers should (1) add up the total number of participation hours in all CalWORKs activities for the month, (2) divide by 4.33 and (3) round to the nearest whole number. Counties should no longer use weekly minimums, thus allowing recipients more flexibility in a given month to reach the required participation hours total. ACL 14-80.
DHCS MEDIL I 14-52: Translation of the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary, and Qualifying Individuals Application (MC 14A) (10/24/14)
The Department issued this letter informing counties that the updated application for the Medicare Savings Programs has been translated in the 12 threshold languages.
DHCS ACWDL 14-39: Every Woman Counts (EWC) Program Offers Free Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Services to Uninsured Women (10/24/14)
This letter informs counties about the Every Woman Counts program. The letter includes a brochure and flyer about the program, and it encourages counties to provide this information to those ineligible for other programs.