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UPDATED: JANUARY 2012

484.1

OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION, CERTIFICATION AND RENEWAL

RENEWAL

address. If the renewal is returned by the recipient, it must be processed by the district before the case is transitioned to the new district (See OTHER ELIGIBILTIY REQUIREMENTS STATE RESIDENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO CHANGE RESIDENCY). Districts must discontinue coverage to persons who fail to respond to the renewal.

RESOURCES:

SSI-related recipients authorized for Community Coverage without Community-Based Long-Term Care and Community Coverage with Community-based Long-Term Care must itemize their current resources and attest to the value such resources. Districts must verify the accuracy of the resource information through collateral investigations. If there is an inconsistency in the information reported by the recipient and the current information obtained by the district, eligibility must be re-determined using the newly obtained information. If the SSI-related individual is found resource ineligible, eligibility must be determined for FHPlus or Medicaid under a category with no resource test. If the SSI-related individual is not eligible for FHPlus or Medicaid as a non-SSI- related recipient and further information about a resource is required to make a determination, the recipient must be notified to provide the necessary information. If the individual fails or refuses to provide such information, the case must be discontinued for failure or refusal to provide information necessary to make a determination.

INTEREST INCOME:

All community Medicaid recipients who are not seeking coverage of institutional based nursing facility services all FHPlus recipients, recipients of the Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Family Planning Benefit Program (FPBP), participants in the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD) and the Medicaid Cancer Treatment Program: Breast, Cervical, Colorectal and Prostate may, at renewal attest to the amount of interest income generated by resources.

Interest income is estimated by establishing the average interest rate(s) and applying them to the resource information obtained from RFI or other third party sources. If upon review, the district

(MRG)