12VAC5-200-30. Purpose of chapter.
The board has promulgated this chapter to: (i) establish financial eligibility criteria to determine if a person is medically indigent and therefore qualified to receive medical care services from the department without charge; (ii) establish income scales and a mechanism for determining charges for medical care provided by the department to individuals who are not medically indigent, based upon their ability to pay; (iii) establish a mechanism for handling appeals and waivers; and (iv) establish continuity of eligibility among state agencies. The regulations are constructed to assure that eligibility criteria remain appropriate for changing economic conditions.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-11 and 32.1-12 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR355-39-100 § 2.2, eff. December 1, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 22, eff. August 11, 2004.