Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1545.10 The Redetermination Process - Redetermination Periods

(a) an assistance unit, other than an MA spend-down assistance unit is eligible for benefits;

(b) an MA spend-down assistance unit meets all eligibility requirements, except that applied income exceeds the MNIL.

b. Subsequent to Initial Application (All Programs)

The month following the redetermination month is the first month of the new redetermination period for an active case.

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1545.10 B. Maximum Intervals

1. The following standards are established as maximum intervals for conducting regularly scheduled redeterminations:

a. for AFDC non-monthly reporting cases and AFDC cases that do not have low error-prone profiles, at least as often as every six months;

b. for AFDC monthly reporting cases and AFDC cases with low error-prone profiles, at least as often as every twelve months;

c. for AABD cases with earnings, at least as often as every six months;

d. for AABD without earnings and MA assistance units, at least as often as every twelve months;

e. for FS assistance units, at least as often as every twelve months.

2. Unscheduled redeterminations may be conducted whenever circumstances warrant the review, provided that the assistance unit is given adequate notice.

C. General Guidelines

1. Assistance units are generally assigned the longest review period possible.

2. The redetermination cycle may be varied for specific cases or target groups on the basis of such factors as error-prone profiles or individual case history.

D. Specific Program Requirements

1. MA Spend-down Cases

a. Medically needy spend-down cases must be redetermined at least as often as every six months.

b. The six month redetermination cycle corresponds to the six month excess income spend-down period. (Cross reference: 5500)

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1545.10 D. Specific Program Requirements (continued)

2. MA and AABD cases are redetermined no later than three months after the grant date when:

a. the individual applies no later than thirty days after being released from a correctional or mental disease facility; and

b. was granted cash or medical assistance without a new application (Cross-reference 1505.10 A.3); and

c. the previous redetermination period has expired or will expire not later than three months following the month assistance is granted.

3. FS Assistance Units

a. The redetermination cycle for FS assistance units corresponds to the length of the certification period.

b. The assistance unit's eligibility must be redetermined by the end of the last month of the certification period if eligibility is to continue without interruption.

E. Redetermination Cycles Which Coincide

1. MA Assistance Units Receiving Cash Assistance

The medical eligibility of cash assistance recipients is redetermined on the same periodic schedule as the corresponding cash program.

2. FS Assistance Units Receiving Public Assistance

a. FS assistance units are redetermined on the same periodic schedule as the corresponding PA program if:

(1) at least one member of the FS assistance unit is a PA recipient; and

(2) circumstances warrant redetermination cycles of equal length.

b. Redetermination periods of different length may be assigned if circumstances do not warrant a combined FS and PA redetermination.