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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 30. Department of Medical Assistance Services
Chapter 10. State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program; General Provisions
10/14/2024

12VAC30-10-10. Designation and authority.

A. The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) is the single state agency designated to administer or supervise the administration of the Medicaid program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. (All references in this plan to "the Medicaid agency" mean the agency named in this subsection.)

12VAC30-20-10 is a certification signed by the State Attorney General identifying the single state agency and citing the legal authority under which it administers or supervises administration of the program.

B. The entire plan under Title XIX is administered or supervised by the state agency named in subsection A of this section.

C. No waivers of the single state agency requirements have ever been granted.

D. Eligibility determinations (including any delegations).

1. The entities that conduct determinations of eligibility for families, adults, and individuals younger than 21 years of age are DMAS, the single state agency under Title IV-A (TANF), and the Exchange, which is a government agency established under § 1311(b)(1) or 1321(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 USC § 18001).

2. The entities that conduct determinations of eligibility based on age, blindness, and disability are DMAS and the single state agency under Title IV-A (TANF).

3. DMAS makes the following assurances with regard to eligibility determinations:

a. DMAS is responsible for all Medicaid eligibility determinations.

b. There is a written agreement between DMAS, the Exchange, and the single state agency under Title IV-A. The Exchange and the single state agency under Title IV-A have been delegated authority to determine eligibility for Medicaid eligibility in compliance with 42 CFR 431.10(d).

c. DMAS does not delegate authority to make eligibility determinations to entities other than government entities that maintain personnel standards on a merit basis.

d. The delegated entity is capable of performing the delegated functions.

E. All other provisions of this plan are administered by the Medicaid agency except for those functions for which final authority has been granted to a Professional Standards Review Organization under Title XI of the Act.

F. All other requirements of 42 CFR 431.10 are met.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.

Historical Notes

Subsection (a) derived from VR460-01-2, eff. March 1, 1985; subsection (b) derived from VR460-01-3, eff. October 1, 1976; subsection (c) derived from VR460-01-4, eff. October 1, 1976; subsection (d) derived from VR460-01-5, eff. October 1, 1976; subsections (e) and (f) derived from VR460-01-6, eff. October 1, 1976; Volume 38, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2022.

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