Family & Children's Medicaid Change Notices

CHANGE NOTICE FOR MANUAL No. 04-06, Twelve Months Transitional Medicaid

DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2005

Manual: Family and Children’s Medicaid

Change No: 04-06

To: County Directors of Social Services

Effective: January 1, 2006

I. Content of Change

MA-3405, Twelve Months Transitional Medicaid, has been updated to clarify policy regarding change in situation during the Transitional Medicaid period. When a parent/specified relative reports he stopped working with “good cause” during the Transitional Medicaid period, continue Transitional Medicaid.

Overview of EIS tracking during the transitional period, has been updated to clarify that cases may be terminated, if there is adequate time, prior to the automatic transfer for two months to MAF-C.

Termination or deletion during the Transitional Period has been updated to list the maximum age limit for Work First and NCHC children to alleviate potential errors when terminating or deleting children from these programs/categories.

II. Effective date and Implementation

This change is effective January 1, 2006. Apply this policy to any current or pending applications and to redeterminations.

III. Maintenance of manual

Remove: MA-3405, Twelve Months Transitional Medicaid, pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 19.

Insert: MA-3405, Twelve Months Transitional Medicaid, pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 19, effective 01/01/06.

If you have any questions, please contact your Medicaid Program Representative.

L. Allen Dobson, Jr., M.D., Assistant Secretary

for Health Policy and Medical Assistance

(This material was researched and written by Charlotte Gibbons, Policy Consultant, Medicaid Eligibility Unit.)