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CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 10 CCR 2505-10 8.100 Medical Services Board

147 listing. These lists shall include the necessary information for the eligibility site to authorize Medical Assistance. 4. Medical Assistance shall not be delayed due to the necessity to contact the SSI recipient and obtain third party medical resources. 5. Notification shall be sent to the SSI recipient advising him/her of the approval of Medical Assistance. 6. The SISC Code for this type of assistance is B. 7. Denied or terminated Medical Assistance based on a denial or termination of SSI which is later overturned, must be approved from the original SSI eligibility date. 8. Individuals who remain eligible as SSI recipients but are not receiving SSI payments shall receive Medical Assistance benefits. This group includes persons whose SSI payments are being withheld as a means of recovering an overpayment, whose checks are undeliverable due to change of address or representative payee, and persons who lost SSI financial assistance due to earned income. 9. If the eligibility site obtains information affecting the eligibility of these SSI recipients, they shall forward such information to the local Social Security office. 10. For individuals under 21 years of age who are eligible for or who are receiving SSI, the effective date of Medicaid eligibility shall be the date on which the individual applied for SSI or the date on which the individual became eligible for SSI, whichever is later. a. Special Provisions for Infants i) For an infant who is eligible for or who is receiving SSI, the effective date of Medicaid eligibility shall be the infant’s date of birth if: 1) the infant was born in a hospital; 2) the disability onset date, as reported by the Social Security Administration, occurred during the infant’s hospital stay; and