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No changes to current policy. Mail Notice of Action for AG by the application deadline or extended deadline, if applicable, based on policy in the AG Manual Chapter B, 7.2.2. Processing Renewals Eligibility for all AG and Medicaid recipients must be renewed annually and all eligibility factors subject to change must be reverified. If a renewal is not completed, continuing eligibility cannot be determined, and the case must be closed. A renewal begins with the receipt of a written application from a non-SSI individual or the review of SVES or SOLQ data for an SSI recipient, continues through the verification, evaluation and documentation of each eligibility factor, and is completed at the point an eligibility decision is made, all appropriate notices are sent, and computer systems are updated. Eligibility is established when it is redetermined that the individual meets all eligibility requirements. Ineligibility is determined at the point the individual does not meet one of the eligibility requirements. The worker must use the Evaluation of Eligibility for AG to document the evaluation of each eligibility requirement. Renewal Date The initial renewal date is twelve months from the month of application. (The month of application is counted as the first month in the twelve-month period.) Subsequent renewal dates will be twelve months from the last renewal month. Example: Application was filed in March 2016. The renewal date will be February 2017. The renewal process must be completed and the MMIS system updated by the system cutoff date in February. SSI Recipients An SSI recipient does not have to file a written application to complete his/her annual renewal. The renewal process for an SSI recipient is completed by verifying continued receipt of SSI through SVES or SOLQ, verifying the individual’s residence in an ALF/