9 CCR 2503-5-3.532 - GRANT PAYMENT DETERMINATION
A. OAP
grant PAYMENTS shall be calculated on an individual basis, with just one client
per case.
B. When a client has been
found eligible based upon eligibility rules as outlined in Sections 3.520.6 and
3.520.7, the amount of the client's authorized OAP grant payment shall be
determined by deducting the client's total countable income from the OAP grant
standard listed in Section 3.530.A.
1. If
determined eligible on the first of the month, the client shall receive his or
her authorized grant payment in the initial and subsequent months.
2. If determined eligible on any other day of
the month, the client's first month grant payment shall be prorated according
to the number of days remaining in the month; the client shall receive their
authorized grant payments in subsequent months.
3. If a client is receiving services in
another Adult Financial (AF) program in the month he or she turns sixty (60)
years of age and is otherwise eligible for OAP, the client shall transition
from the other AF program to OAP effective the first day of the client's birth
month, and receive his or her authorized grant payment for the birthday month
and subsequent months.
C. The OAP grant payment shall be made via
Electronic Benefits Transfer, direct deposit, or warrant to the client, to a
facility designated by the client, or to a legally designated person, such as a
representative payee, fiduciary, or conservator.
For OAP-C clients, the financial officer of the facility or the client's guardian shall establish a reserve for the client in the amount of the current Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) grant standard for the client's personal needs.
D. The
client shall be eligible only for a monthly PNA when program requirements are
met and the client is a resident for at least thirty (30) consecutive days, in
one of the following facilities:
1. In a
general medical and surgical hospital;
2. In a nursing home, assisted living
residence, or, intermediate care facility, group home, host home, other
long-term care facility, or Adult Financial approved setting; or
3. In a psychiatric facility when sixty-five
(65) years of age or older.
E. The following persons are not eligible for
a PNA or OAP grant payments:
1. Inmates in a
penal institution; or,
2. Residents
in an unlicensed private or uncertified public facility.
F. For every full calendar month that the
client is a resident in a facility listed in Section 3.532.D, the OAP PNA
maximum shall be seventy-nine dollars ($79), effective October 1,
2016.
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