Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 53845 - Enrollment Criteria
(a)
Enrollment in plans shall be mandatory for eligible beneficiaries who meet all
of the following criteria:
(1) Are eligible to
receive Medi-Cal services that are not limited in scope;
(2) Have been determined to have a share of
cost equal to zero;
(3) Do not meet
the criteria for exemption from plan enrollment, specified in section
53887;
(4) Have been determined by their county
welfare department to be eligible for one of the following programs:
(A) The section
1931(b) Program,
which consists of the services described in Welfare and Institutions Code
section
14005.30,
including persons whose Medi-Cal eligibility is based upon their receipt of
benefits under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids
(CalWORKS) Program.
(B) The
Medically Indigent program for children under age 21, as specified in section
50251(a).
(C) The Medically Needy Program for families
and caretaker relatives, specified in sections
50203(a)(2) and
(3).
(D) The Other Public Assistance Program as
specified in section
50237.
(b) Enrollment in a plan shall be voluntary
for eligible beneficiaries who meet all of the following criteria:
(1) Are eligible to receive Medi-Cal services
that are not limited in scope;
(2)
Have been determined to have a share of cost equal to zero; and
(3) Have been determined by their county
welfare department to be eligible for one of the following programs:
(A) The federal Supplemental Security Income
for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Program (Title 42, United States Code,
section 1382 et seq.) or who are deemed by
the county welfare department to be Supplemental Security Income recipients in
accordance with section
4913 of the federal Balanced
Budget Act of 1997.
(B) The
Medically Indigent Program for pregnant women, as specified in section
50251(b)(3).
(C) Foster Care Program as described in
Article 5 (commencing with section
11400) Chapter 2, Part 3, Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(D) Adoption Assistance Program as described
in Chapter 2.1 (commencing with section
16115) Part 4, Division 9 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.
(E)
The Medically Needy Program for aged, blind and disabled beneficiaries,
specified in section
50203(a)(1).
(F) The receipt of health care services
through an Indian Health Service facility as defined in section
55100(j).
(G) The In-Home Supportive Services
program.
(c)
Children receiving services under either the Foster Care or Adoptions
Assistance Programs may be enrolled voluntarily if:
(1) The county Director of Social Services,
or his or her delegated representative, determines that it is in the best
interest of the child;
(2) The
child's caretaker agrees to the enrollment; or
(3) The probation officer in the case of a
foster child who is a ward of the court approves the
enrollment.
(d) Where the
department determines that it is feasible, and the conditions of subsection (c)
are met, a child receiving services under the Foster Care or Adoptions
Assistance Programs who physically resides in a designated region, but whose
county of residence for the purpose of determining eligibility for the Medi-Cal
program is part of another designated or nondesignated region, may be permitted
to enroll in either of the two plans in the designated region in which the
child physically resides.
(e)
Beneficiaries enrolled in one of the following form of other health coverage
shall not be enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan:
(1) Medicare HMO,
(2) CHAMPUS Prime HMO,
(3) Kaiser HMO or
(4) Any other HMO or prepaid health plan in
which the enrollee is limited to a prescribed panel of providers for
comprehensive services.
(f) Beneficiaries with other coverage in an
HMO, as specified in (e)(1), (3) or (4) above, may be enrolled in the Medi-Cal
plan, as specified in section
53889, if:
(1) The Medi-Cal plan in which the eligible
beneficiary is enrolling is the same as the HMO in which the beneficiary is
enrolled, and
(2) Such enrollment
is allowed in the contract between the plan and the
department.
Notes
2. Repealer of section and NOTE and new section and NOTE filed 3-4-97; operative 3-4-97. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 97, No. 10).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 12-19-2000 as an emergency; operative 12-19-2000. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 2000, No. 51).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(4)(D), (a)(4)(F) and (b)(3)(G) and amendment of NOTE filed 7-21-2011; operative 8-20-2011 (Register 2011, No. 29).
Note: Authority cited: Section 20, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 10725, 14105 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14087.3 and 14087.4, Welfare and Institutions Code.
2. Repealer of section and Note and new section and Note filed 3-4-97; operative 3-4-97. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 97, No. 10).
3. Amendment of section and Note filed 12-19-2000 as an emergency; operative 12-19-2000. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 2000, No. 51).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(4)(D), (a)(4)(F) and (b)(3)(G) and amendment of Note filed 7-21-2011; operative 8-20-2011 (Register 2011, No. 29).
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