In 2010, the community spouse resource allowance will remain the same as it was in 2009 at $109,560 and the new maximum spousal income allocation/minimum monthly maintenance need allowance will also remain at $2,739 per month under the MCCA. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACWDL 09-52: New property limits impacting the Medicare savings program and the Part D LIS (11/12/09)
Effective January 1, 2010 the property limits for QMB, SLMB, and QI-1 will increase to the LIS level. The current property limits are $4,000 for an individual and $6,000 for a couple (twice the SSI property limit). For 2010, the LIS and MSP property limits will be $6,600 for an individual and $9,910 for a couple (three times the SSI property limit plus an annual increase). The property limit may increase each year from now on but DHCS will not annually inform counties of the increase. [Download]
ACWDL 09-51:2010 Medicare premiums and SSI standard and parent allocations for the QMB/SLMB/QI-1 and other programs (11/4/09)
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]
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]