N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6654.6 - EISEP cost-sharing
(a)
EISEP clients shall pay cost-sharing for in-home, ancillary, and
noninstitutional respite services received under the client's care plan
according to a sliding scale, subject to adjustments pursuant to this section,
reflecting the cost of such services and client income so that:
(1) no cost-sharing will be charged clients
whose income is at or below 150 percent of poverty levels specified by the
office (unless they are eligible for Medicaid);
(2) the full cost of services will be charged
clients whose income is at or above 250 percent of poverty levels specified by
the office and clients who are eligible for Medicaid;
(3) partial cost-sharing will be charged
clients whose income is between 150 percent and 250 percent of poverty levels
specified by the office; and
(4) no
cost-sharing will be charged clients for durable items provided on a loan basis
as an ancillary service.
(b) Adjusted monthly income:
(1) includes, to the extent available, income
of the client's spouse if the client is living with his or her spouse;
and
(2) equals monthly income minus
the threshold and the housing adjustment;
(i)
monthly income is the clients's income during the month in which the client's
care plan is prepared, including a proportionate share of annual income
received less frequently than monthly:
(a)
consisting of money regularly received, after the payment of Federal, State,
and local personal income taxes, from:
(1)
wages or salary;
(2) net income
(gross income minus expenses incurred in generating the income up to the amount
of gross income) from:
(i) farm and nonfarm
self-employment;
(ii) buying and
selling real or personal property on a regular basis;
(iii) roomers or boarders and rental of
property;
(3) social
security old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits;
(4) pensions and annuities; and
(5) interest and dividends;
(b) excluding:
(1) income from participation in the Senior
Community Services Employment Program under title V of the Older Americans Act,
Job Training Partnership Act, Foster Grandparent Program, or other programs
established to foster employment of lower income elderly or to support
volunteer efforts by the elderly;
(2) unearned income from one-time lump sum
payments such as insurance benefits, irregular gifts or contributions, the Real
Property Tax Credit, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program;
(3) sums which the client
is obligated to repay, such as proceeds from reverse mortgages and other home
equity conversion plans; and
(4)
goods, services, or benefits received in kind, such as food stamp coupon
allotments;
(ii) the threshold is the amount of monthly
income to be exempt from cost-sharing for all clients as specified by the
office. (At the time these regulations were originally promulgated, the
threshold was $905 for clients living with spouses whose income is available to
meet their needs and $670 for all other clients.) Thresholds are adjusted
regularly by the office to reflect changes in the consumer price index for all
items, between the third quarters of the preceding two calendar
years;
(iii) the housing adjustment
is the amount by which the client's average monthly housing expenses exceed 40
percent of the threshold, except that the housing adjustment shall not exceed
40 percent of the threshold;
(a) housing
expenses are costs incurred against the client's income for renting or owning
the housing unit in which the client lives, including rent, property taxes,
mortgage payments, heating, telephone installation and local service, and other
utilities;
(b) average monthly
housing expenses are housing expenses payable from the client's income during
the month in which the client's care plan is prepared, including a
proportionate share of annual heating and other costs which occur less
frequently than monthly or are subject to seasonal variation.
(c)
Cost-sharing charged a client equals the adjusted cost of in-home, ancillary,
and noninstitutional respite services received by the client under the care
plan, multiplied by the percentage of cost to be charged given the client's
adjusted monthly income as specified in the current cost-share schedule
specified by the office, except that total cost sharing charged a client living
with a spouse who is also a client receiving in-home, ancillary, or
noninstitutional respite services under a care plan shall not exceed one half
the adjusted monthly income, and total cost-sharing charged any other client
shall not exceed the client's adjusted monthly income.
(1) The adjusted cost of an in-home,
ancillary, or noninstitutional respite service equals the number of units
received by the client under the care plan multiplied by the unit cost for the
service under the county's approved county home care plan for functionally
impaired elderly (or, if no such cost is stated in the plan, the actual cost
incurred in providing or purchasing the service for the client) or, for clients
required to pay less than the full cost of the service, by the lesser of the
unit cost specified in such approved plan (or, if none, the actual cost
incurred) or the statewide average unit cost of the service, if any, as
specified by the office.
(2) The
percentage of cost to be charged a client shall be determined according to the
client's adjusted monthly income in accordance with the current cost-share
schedule specified by the office. The cost-share schedule is adjusted regularly
by the office to reflect changes in the consumer price index for all items,
between the third quarters of the preceding two calendar years. At the time
these regulations were originally promulgated, the cost-share schedule for
clients living with spouses whose income was available to meet their needs
(designated as couples) and for all other clients (designated as individuals)
was as follows:
COST-SHARE SCHEDULE
Couples | Individuals | ||
Adjusted monthly income | Cost-sharing rate | Adjusted monthly income | Cost-shaing rate |
$0 | 0% | $0 | 0% |
$1 to $32 | 5 | $1 to $24 | 5 |
33 to 63 | 10 | 25 to 47 | 10 |
64 to 95 | 15 | 48 to 71 | 15 |
96 to 127 | 20 | 72 to 94 | 20 |
128 to 159 | 25 | 95 to 118 | 25 |
160 to 190 | 30 | 119 to 141 | 30 |
191 to 222 | 35 | 142 to 165 | 35 |
223 to 254 | 40 | 166 to 188 | 40 |
255 to 286 | 45 | 189 to 212 | 45 |
287 to 317 | 50 | 213 to 235 | 50 |
318 to 349 | 55 | 236 to 259 | 55 |
350 to 381 | 60 | 260 to 282 | 60 |
382 to 413 | 65 | 283 to 306 | 65 |
414 to 444 | 70 | 307 to 329 | 70 |
445 to 476 | 75 | 330 to 353 | 75 |
477 to 508 | 80 | 354 to 376 | 80 |
509 to 540 | 85 | 377 to 400 | 85 |
541 to 571 | 90 | 401 to 423 | 90 |
572 to 603 | 95 | 424 to 447 | 95 |
More than 603* | 100 | More than 447* | 100 |
* or eligible for Medicaid. |
(d) A copy of all documents used in
determining the extent of cost sharing required from a client, including forms
specified by the office, shall be maintained in the client's case
record.
(e) Unless the applicant
voluntarily agrees to pay the full cost of EISEP in-home, noninstitutional
respite and ancillary services received under the care plan, each applicant or
his or her authorized representative shall:
(1) declare sources and amounts of income of
the client and, for clients living with their spouse, of the spouse of which
the client is aware or which are available to meet the needs of the
client;
(2) provide information
necessary for assessing potential Medicaid eligibility;
(3) sign a statement prescribed by the office
attesting to the truthfulness of declarations and agreeing to provide
supporting documentation upon request;
(4) sign a cost sharing agreement promising
to pay the required cost sharing and to notify the case manager or designated
case management staff of any changes in income or expenses that would affect
the amount of cost sharing required of the client; and
(5) to receive a housing adjustment, declare
the kind, amount, and recipient of housing expenses.
(f) The case manager:
(1) shall ensure that clients or their
authorized representatives receive assistance as requested by clients or
representatives in reviewing financial documents;
(2) shall sign the cost-sharing agreement
attesting that the information contained therein is consistent with information
provided by the client or his or her authorized representative and with any
other available information;
(3)
may require the client or his or her authorized representative to provide
documentation to verify the accuracy of declarations;
(4) shall ensure the computation of cost
sharing and the execution of a cost sharing agreement in accordance with this
section and section
6654.16 of
this Part;
(5) shall ensure that no
cost sharing is required for services not received by a client or received
prior to the cost sharing determination pursuant to this section; and
(6) shall ensure that the client's
cost-sharing obligations are redetermined and a new cost-sharing agreement is
developed if requested by the client or his or her authorized representative or
if there is a change in in-home, ancillary, or noninstitutional respite
services to be provided the client under the care plan; the client's adjusted
monthly income; or the status of the client in a way that may affect the terms
of the cost-sharing agreement, including new medical expenses that could make
the client eligible for Medicaid. A redetermination shall not be required
solely by reason of changes in the schedule of unit costs, cost share schedule,
thresholds, of the client's monthly income resulting from cost of living
adjustments in social security old-age, survivors, and disability insurance
benefits or other income subject to periodic adjustments based on the cost of
living, consumer price index, or similar measures.
(g) Cost-sharing agreements shall:
(1) clearly present the responsibilities of
the client for payment of cost sharing, including payment schedules, billing
practices and payment procedures;
(2) describe the client's liability for the
payment of cost sharing, including:
(i) the
maximum amount of cost sharing the client could be required to pay per month,
regardless of the extent of services received under the care plan, based on the
client's adjusted monthly income;
(ii) the cost-sharing rate for the
client;
(iii) the time period
covered by the agreement, which shall not exceed the period covered by the
client's care plan;
(iv) the
projected number of units of each in-home, noninstitutional respite, and
ancillary service covered by the agreement, which shall be the same as in the
client's care plan during the period covered by the agreement; and
(v) the estimated dollar amount of cost
sharing the client will be required to pay if the units of service covered by
the agreement are received by the client as planned;
(3) be modified or replaced when a
redetermination of cost sharing is conducted; and
(4) not be presented to the client or his or
her authorized representative for signature until such person has been informed
in writing of policies and procedures governing payment, redetermination and
nonpayment of cost sharing, including the right to a redetermination or a
hearing regarding the extent of cost sharing required of the client.
(h) The area agency shall ensure
the use of procedures for collection of cost sharing consistent with this
section and with standards specified by the office:
(1)
(i)
which may include the opportunity to pay equal amounts over the period covered
by the cost-sharing agreement; and
(ii) which shall provide that no client shall
be requested to pay a cost share for services for an amount in excess of the
client's maximum monthly cost sharing as set forth in the cost-sharing
agreement;
(2)
designating authorized staff or agents to receive such cost sharing on behalf
of the area agency;
(3) including
the submission to the office for prior approval policies and procedures or
actions for collecting cost sharing due but not paid by clients under
cost-sharing agreements and for discharging clients due to nonpayment of cost
sharing, providing that:
(i) clients who
willfully fail to make payments shall be terminated from the program and shall
be ineligible for any services under EISEP until payment of past cost sharing
is received; and
(ii) clients will
not be terminated from the program for reason of nonpayment without receiving:
(a) written notification of failure to make
required cost sharing;
(b) an
opportunity to be heard on whether such cost sharing was paid or why
not;
(c) prior written notification
of the proposed termination of services and the procedure for discharge from
the program; and
(d) benefit of the
procedures for discharge from the program.
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