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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 10

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 48 Chapter 10 The Case Maintenance Process

10.6.4.D Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) in Federal Benefits Recipients of federal benefits, such as Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Black Lung, or Veterans Affairs Benefits, may receive periodic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). RSDI/SSI increases are handled in accordance with instructions in Appendix A of this chapter. All other federal benefit cost-of-living increases are treated as any other change, except that the client is not required to report the change. 10.6.4.E Possible Switching to Pregnant Women Coverage and Eligibility for Postpartum Certain current open cases who report a pregnancy will be switched to Pregnant Women coverage and must receive 12-month postpartum coverage. See section 23.10.3.A.1. The AG must be evaluated for all other Medicaid coverage groups prior to closure. The following Medicaid categories will be switched to the Pregnant Women group AND receive 12-month postpartum: • Adult Group *Dually coded – Coded in the Adult Group and Pregnant Women See section 10.8.4. • Parents/Caretaker Relatives • Children Under age 19 • Former Foster Care • Transitional (Phase I and Phase II) • Extended Medicaid • SSI-Related/Non-Cash Assistance • AFDC-Related • SSI-Related • Medicaid Work Incentive Program (M-WIN) • Breast or Cervical Cancer NOTE: For QMB, SLIMB, and QI-1, the RSDI COLAs are disregarded in determining income eligibility for January and any subsequent months prior to the effective month of the state’s Federal Poverty Level (FPL) updates for the year.