1) SB 1896, Requirements for Bedridden Persons in RCFEs, comments due by July 15, 2009.
2) Foster Family Home Regulations, hearing July 17, 2009.
1) SB 1896, Requirements for Bedridden Persons in RCFEs, comments due by July 15, 2009.
2) Foster Family Home Regulations, hearing July 17, 2009.
A recent amendment to Welfare and Institutions Code section 12305.1 requires that, effective July 1, 2009, individuals in Personal Care Services Program (PCSP) or IHSS Independence Plus Waiver (IPW) who were eligible for and received services under one of those programs before July 1, 2009, and who continue to receive those services, will continue to receive the CDSS payment of Medi-Cal Recognized Expenses (MRE).
Individuals who are or become eligible for the PCSP, or either IPW or a successor program to IPW, on or after July 1, 2009, will not be eligible for the payment of MRE. Additionally, individuals who are or become eligible for the IHSS Residual (IHSS-R) program on or after July 1, 2009 who would otherwise be eligible to receive this payment will not be eligible for the payment of MRE. IHSS recipients who leave any of the above programs, or lose eligibility and subsequently regain eligibility for services through these programs, will not be eligible for the payment
of MRE. [Download]
SB 84 provided for supplementmental rates based on the extraordinary care and supervision needs of a dual agency (Regional Center and foster care) child. It also required various data reporting, not all of which can be collected via the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System. Voila! This letter transmits the new report to get this additional data: the “Supplement to the Rate Requests for Dual Agency AFDC/FC and AAP Children Quarterly Statistical Report (FC-AAP 84).” [Download]
This errata does not say what was wrong with the prior one, and contains some of the same information, but also new information. Working with IHSS and health benefits? Read both! [Download]
ARRA introduces new property exemptions for calculating the eligibility of Native Americans seeking medical assistance. The letter spells out the exemptions and lists the federally recognized tribes as of 2008. [Download]
Information for the counties to complete the Resource Family Recruitment Training and Retention Survey, due June 12th. [Download]