2006 Agency Letters
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Agency Letter Number |
Subject Area |
Subject Synopsis |
Issue Date |
Attachment |
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Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) |
CHP+ Pending Application Common Error
Staff on how to authorize and complete Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) Pending Applications.
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12/8/2006 |
CBMS Procedure-CHP+ Pending Application form
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Benefits Coordination |
Trust Officer Contact Information, Revised Trust Transmittal Form, Declaration of Income Trust Form and Disability Trust Form
Rescind, correct, and update agency letters HCPF 06-023, HCPF 06-020, HCPF 06-006, HCPF 05-006 and HCPF 05-005
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9/13/2006 |
Responsibilities of a Trustee-Nursing Facility
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Medicaid Eligibility-Citizenship and Identity Documentation Requirements |
Revised Rules for Citizenship and Identity Documentation Revised rules governing the citizenship and identity documentation requirements for the Medicaid program
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9/13/2006 |
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Medicaid Eligibility-Citizenship Documentation Requirements |
Revised Chart of Documents to Establish Identity (Chart 5)
Revised chart of documents for establishing the citizenship and identity of a Medicaid applicant or client
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7/21/2006 |
Documents Establishing US Citizenship and Identity (Revised 7/18/06) |
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Medicaid Eligibility-Citizenship Documentation Requirements |
Additional Exemptions from the Citizenship Documentation Requirements
Additional groups of individuals who are exempt from the new federal Medicaid citizenship and identity documentation requirements
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7/19/2006 |
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Medical Assistance |
Medicare Buy-In Accretion Logic Fixed
change in procedures relating to Medicare Buy-In
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7/7/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
Removal of the resource limit rules for Family and Children's Medicaid
Removal of the resource limit rules under the Family and Children's Medicaid categories
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7/6/2006 |
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Medicaid Eligibility-Citizenship Documentation Requirements |
New Requirements for Documentation of US Citizenship
New rules concerning documentation a US citizen must provide to be eligible for Medicaid. Effective July 1, 2006 |
6/30/2006 |
8.100.53 Groups Assisted Under the Program
Documents Establishing US Citizenship and Identity
How to Get Citizenship or Identity Documents
Affidavit to Establish Identity
Fill-in form Affidavit to Establish Identity
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Medicaid Assistance |
Addition of a New Parent Category and Updated Income Chart for Family and Children's Medicaid
Presumptive Eligibility sites of the addition of a new Medicaid category for the Family and Children's Medicaid program and to update the income chart to include income guidelines for this new category
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6/22/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
Medicaid Clarifications for Foster Care and Subsidized Adoption Assistance
Clarify the subsidized adoption rule changes, to define the roles of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) personnel, and to clarify Medicaid eligibility process and procedures for foster care and subsidized adoption clients
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5/30/2006 |
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Medical Assistance |
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control Negative Pilot for Non-Qualified/Non-Citizen Emergency Medicaid Recipients
Upcoming Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) pilot of negative cases
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5/30/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
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Revised Disability Trust Form
HCPF 06-023 replaced by HCPF 06-034 |
9/13/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
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Revised Disability Trust Form Replaced by HCPF 06-023.1 |
5/3/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
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Revised Rules for Trust, Life Estates, and Annuities Revised rules for trust, life estates, and annuities that are effective June 1, 2006 |
5/30/2006 |
8.110.52 Consideration of trusts in determining Medicaid eligibility
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Definition of Income; Revised Resource Rules for Vehicles, Household Goods, and Personal Effects
Revised definition of income and new resource rules governing vehicles, household goods, and personal effects for applicants and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services
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5/30/2006 |
8.110.50 Financial Eligibility Requirements for Elderly, Blind and Disabled Individuals |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
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Revised Income Trust Form
HCPF 06 replaced by HCPF 06-034 |
9/13/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Income Trust Form
Replaced by HCPF 06-020.1 |
5/30/2006 |
Responsibilities of a Trustee-Nursing Facility, pg 1
Responsibilities of a Trustee-Nursing Facility, pg 2
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Rules for Transfers without Fair Consideration and Undue Hardship Exceptions
New rules governing transfers without fair consideration and undue hardship exceptions for applicants and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services
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3/31/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Rules for Resources-Annuities
New procedures for treating annuities for applicants for and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services
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3/31/2006 |
Additional Information Regarding Annuities
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Rules for resources-Home Equity Limitation
New regulation which affects applicants for Medicaid long-term care services with homes with equity values of more than $500,000.
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3/31/2006 |
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Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services |
Revised Rules for Promissory Notes and Life Estates
New rules governing promissory notes and life estates for applicants and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services
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3/31/2006 |
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Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) |
CHP+ Program 2006 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines |
3/27/2006 |
2005 Ability-To-Pay Scale Effective 4/1/06-3/31/07
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Medical Assistance |
2006 Increase in poverty level QMB, SLMB, QI1, QDWI
New Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Special Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB), Qualified Individuals (QI-1), and Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) income limits
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3/16/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
Clarification of Current Regulations Regarding the State-Only Prenatal Program
Current Medicaid eligibility regulations for the State-Only Prenatal Program. Supersedes Agency Letters HCPF 03-001 AND HCPF 03-001.1
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3/3/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
2006 Transitional Medicaid Assistance Extension Extension of Transitional Medicaid through December 31, 2006
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3/1/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
Updated Policy for the use of Prospective Budgeting in Transitional Medicaid
Provide updated information to all county human/social services departments and Medical Assistance sites regarding Transitional Medicaid and the use of prospective budgeting under this category.
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2/17/2006 |
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Benefits Coordination |
Submitting Trusts for Eligibility Determinations
Clarify the procedure for submitting a trust for review to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
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2/3/2006 |
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Medicaid Eligibility |
2006 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines
Replacement 2006 income guidelines for the Family and Children Medicaid updates slight discrepancies that consisted between the CHP+ guidelines and Family Medicaid guidelines
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5/1/2006 |
1931 Need Standard and Federal Poverty Level Income Guidelines effective April 1, 2006 |
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HCPF 06-007R |
Medicaid Eligibility |
2006 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines
Replaced by HCP 06-007.l |
2/3/2006 |
1931 Need Standard and Federal Poverty Level Income Guidelines effective April 1, 2006
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Benefits Coordination |
Disability Trust Form
Replaced by HCPF 06-034
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9/13/2006 |
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HCPF 06-006R |
Benefits Coordination |
Disability Trust Form
Replaced by HCPF 06-006.1 |
1/25/2006 |
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Financial Medicaid Eligibility-Aged, Blind, and Disabled MMMNA
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Approved increase MMMNA July 1, 2006
Final approved increase for the Community Spouse MMMNA and Excess Shelter Allowance. |
6/2/2006 |
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HCPF 06-005aR |
Financial Medicaid Eligibility-Aged, Blind, and Disabled |
Categories
Replaced by HCPF 06-005.01
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6/2/2006 |
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HCPF 06-005R |
Financial Medicaid Eligibility-Aged, Blind, and Disabled |
Categories
Replaced by HCPF 06-005.1
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1/25/2006 |
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Medicaid County Client Coordinator |
Medicaid County Client Responsiveness Procedure Replaces Agency Letter HCPF 06-004
New procedure will ensure Medicaid client issues and concerns are acted upon by the counties in a timely manner. |
3/1/2006 |
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HCPF 06-004R |
Medicaid County Client Coordinator |
Medicaid County Client Responsiveness Procedure Replaced by HCPF 06-004.1
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1/25/2006 |
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Benefits Coordination |
Disability Trust Closure Form Procedure for notifying the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing when a Medicaid client with an approved disability trust is no longer eligible for Medicaid.
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1/25/2006 |
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Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) |
CHP+ AND CHP+ Prenatal care Program Eligibility Level Revisions to the CHP+ program to increase the upper eligibility level to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for children and pregnant women
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1/24/2006 |
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Medicaid Assistance |
2006 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments
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3/2/2006 |
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