Section 50179.5 - Notice of Action - County Cash Assistance Determinations or Redeterminations Which Affect County Cash-Based Medi-Cal Eligibility(a) Persons who are granted, denied or discontinued from county cash-based programs shall be notified by the county department, in writing, of their eligibility or ineligibility for county cash-based Medi-Cal. Additionally, persons who are discontinued shall be notified of their continued Medi-Cal eligibility status in accordance with (c).
(b) The form of notification shall be one of the following: (1) The appropriate Notice of Action prescribed by the Department of Social Services, if the notification regarding Medi-Cal eligibility does not affect the adequacy of timeliness of the cash assistance.(2) A Medi-Cal Notice of Action, if the notification regarding Medi-Cal eligibility would affect the adequacy of timeliness of the cash assistance.(c) A Notice of Action of discontinuance of county cash-based Medi-Cal shall include notice that one of the following actions has been taken:(1) A referral for determination of Medi-Cal eligibility under another program is being made and notification of that determination will follow.(2) A Medi-Cal-only determination has been made and the specific results of that determination.(3) County cash-based Medi-Cal is being discontinued for one of the reasons stated in Section 50183 and a determination of Medi-Cal-only eligibility will require a separate application.(4) A cash grant is being discontinued due to failure of the recipient to submit data on current status, via Monthly AFDC Eligibility and Income Report form or another approved method. An automatic reevaluation of Medi-Cal eligibility under any program will be done only if the data is provided by the effective date of the notice.(5) Additional information is required to permit completion of a Medi-Cal-only determination. The information required may include the person's wishes concerning continued Medi-Cal eligibility. The county department may require that the person provide the information by a specific date.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 50179.5
1. New section filed 3-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 10).
2. Editorial correction of subsection (c)(4) filed 7-7-83 (Register 83, No. 29).
3. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(2) and (c)(4) and amendment of NOTE filed 7-21-2011; operative 8-20-2011 (Register 2011, No. 29). Note: Authority cited: Section 20, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 10725 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 11004, Welfare and Institutions Code.
1. New section filed 3-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 10).
2. Editorial correction of subsection (c)(4) filed 7-7-83 (Register 83, No. 29).
3. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(2) and (c)(4) and amendment of Note filed 7-21-2011; operative 8-20-2011 (Register 2011, No. 29).