Chapter 30. Groups Covered and Agencies Responsible for Eligibility Determination
12VAC30-30-5. Definitions.
The follows words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Act" means the Social Security Act (42 USC §§ 301 through 1397mm).
"MAGI" means modified adjusted gross income and is an eligibility methodology for how income is counted and how household composition and family size are determined. MAGI is based on federal tax rules for determining adjusted gross income.
"SSI" means supplemental security income.
"SSP" means state supplementary payment.
"Title IV-A" means Title IV, Part A of the Social Security Act, 42 USC §§ 601 through 619.
"Title IV-A agency" means the agency described in 42 USC § 602(a)(4).
"Title XIX" means Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 USC §§ 1396 through 1396w-5.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 21, eff. July 27, 2017.
12VAC30-30-10. Mandatory coverage: categorically needy and other required special groups.
The Title IV-A agency or the Department of Medical Assistance Services Central Processing Unit determines eligibility for Title XIX services. The following groups shall be eligible for medical assistance as specified:
1. Parents and other caretaker relatives of dependent children with household income at or below a standard established by the Commonwealth in 12VAC30-40-100 consistent with 42 CFR 435.110 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(l) and 1931(b) of the Social Security Act. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:
a. Parents, other caretaker relatives (defined at 42 CFR 435.4) including pregnant women, or dependent children (defined at 42 CFR 435.4) younger than 18 years of age. This group includes individuals who are parents or other caretaker relatives of children who are 18 years of age provided the children are full-time students in a secondary school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training and are expected to complete such school or training before their 19th birthday.
b. Spouses of parents and other caretaker relatives shall include other relatives of the child based on blood (including those of half-blood), adoption, or marriage. Other relatives of a specified degree of the dependent child shall include any blood relative (including those of half-blood) and including (i) first cousins; (ii) nephews or nieces; (iii) persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great; (iv) stepbrother; (v) stepsister; (vi) a relative by adoption following entry of the interlocutory or final order, whichever is first; (vii) the same relatives by adoption as listed in this subdivision 1 b; and (viii) spouses of any persons named in this subdivision 1 b even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.
MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.
2. Women who are pregnant or postpartum with household income at or below a standard established by the Commonwealth in 12VAC30-40-100, consistent with 42 CFR 435.116 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(III) and (IV), 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(I) and (IX), and 1931(b) of the Act. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall be pregnant or postpartum as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.
a. A woman who, while pregnant, was eligible for, applied for, and received Medicaid under the approved state plan on the day her pregnancy ends. The woman continues to be eligible, as though she were pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum medical assistance under the plan for a 60-day period, beginning on the last day of her pregnancy, and for any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.
b. A pregnant woman who would otherwise lose eligibility because of an increase in income of the family in which she is a member during the pregnancy or the postpartum period that extends through the end of the month in which the 60-day period, beginning on the last day of pregnancy, ends.
MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.
3. Infants and children younger than 19 years of age with household income at or below standards based on this age group, consistent with 42 CFR 435.118 and §§ 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (IV) and (VIII); 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IV) and (IX); and 1931(b) of the Act. Children qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:
a. They are younger than 19 years of age; and
b. They have a household income at or below the standard established by the Commonwealth.
MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.
4. The adult group as described at 42 CFR 435.119.
5. Former foster care children younger than 26 years of age who are not otherwise mandatorily eligible in another Medicaid classification, who were on Medicaid and in foster care when they turned 18 years of age, or who aged out of foster care. Individuals qualifying under this eligibility group shall meet the following criteria:
a. They shall be younger than 26 years of age;
b. They shall not be otherwise eligible for and enrolled for mandatory coverage under the state plan; and
c. They were in foster care under the responsibility of the Commonwealth or a federally recognized tribe and were enrolled in Virginia Medicaid under the state plan when they turned 18 years of age or at the time of aging out of the foster care program.
6. Families terminated from coverage under § 1931 of the Act solely because of earnings or hours of employment shall be entitled to up to 12 months of extended benefits in accordance with § 1925 of the Act.
7. A child born to a woman who is eligible for and receiving Medicaid on the date of the child's birth. The child is deemed to have applied and been found eligible for Medicaid on the date of birth and remains eligible for one year from birth, as long as he remains a resident of the Commonwealth. A redetermination of eligibility must be completed on behalf of the deemed child at age one year and annually thereafter so long as he remains eligible.
8. Aged, blind, and disabled individuals receiving cash assistance.
a. Individuals who meet more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than the SSI requirements. (This includes persons who qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or who meet the eligibility requirements for SSI status under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act and who met the Commonwealth's more restrictive requirements for Medicaid in the month before the month they qualified for SSI under § 1619(a) or met the requirements under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act. Medicaid eligibility for these individuals continues as long as they continue to meet the § 1619(a) eligibility standard or the requirements of § 1619(b) of the Act.)
b. These persons include the aged, the blind, and the disabled.
c. Protected SSI children (pursuant to § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(II) of the Act) (P.L. 105-33 § 4913). Children who meet the pre-welfare reform definition of childhood disability who lost their SSI coverage solely as a result of the change in the definition of childhood disability, and who also meet the more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than the SSI requirements.
d. The more restrictive categorical eligibility criteria are described in 12VAC30-30-40.
Financial criteria are described in 12VAC30-40-10.
9. Qualified severely impaired blind and disabled individuals younger than 65 years of age who:
a. For the month preceding the first month of eligibility under the requirements of § 1905(q)(2) of the Act, received SSI, a state supplementary payment (SSP) under § 1616 of the Act or under § 212 of P.L. 93-66 or benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act and were eligible for Medicaid; or
b. For the month of June 1987, were considered to be receiving SSI under § 1619(b) of the Act and were eligible for Medicaid. These individuals must:
(1) Continue to meet the criteria for blindness or have the disabling physical or mental impairment under which the individual was found to be disabled;
(2) Except for earnings, continue to meet all nondisability-related requirements for eligibility for SSI benefits;
(3) Have unearned income in amounts that would not cause them to be ineligible for a payment under § 1611(b) of the Act;
(4) Be seriously inhibited by the lack of Medicaid coverage in their ability to continue to work or obtain employment; and
(5) Have earnings that are not sufficient to provide for themselves a reasonable equivalent of the Medicaid, SSI (including any federally administered SSP), or public funded attendant care services that would be available if they did have such earnings.
The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements for Medicaid than under SSI and under 42 CFR 435.121. Individuals who qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or individuals described in this section who meet the eligibility requirements for SSI benefits under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act and who met the state's more restrictive requirements in the month before the month they qualified for SSI under § 1619(a) or met the requirements of § 1619(b)(1) of the Act are covered. Eligibility for these individuals continues as long as they continue to qualify for benefits under § 1619(a) of the Act or meet the SSI requirements under § 1619(b)(1) of the Act.
10. Except in states that apply more restrictive requirements for Medicaid than under SSI, blind or disabled individuals who:
a. Are at least 18 years of age; and
b. Lose SSI eligibility because they become entitled to Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) child's benefits under § 202(d) of the Act or an increase in these benefits based on their disability. Medicaid eligibility for these individuals continues for as long as they would be eligible for SSI, absence their OASDI eligibility.
The Commonwealth does not apply more restrictive income eligibility requirements than those under SSI.
11. Except in states that apply more restrictive eligibility requirements for Medicaid than under SSI, individuals who are ineligible for SSI or optional state supplements (if the agency provides Medicaid under § 435.230 of the Act), because of requirements that do not apply under Title XIX of the Act.
12. Individuals receiving mandatory state supplements.
13. Individuals who in December 1973 were eligible for Medicaid as an essential spouse and who have continued, as a spouse, to live with and be essential to the well-being of a recipient of cash assistance. The recipient with whom the essential spouse is living continues to meet the December 1973 eligibility requirements of the Commonwealth's approved plan for Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, or Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled and the spouse continues to meet the December 1973 requirements for his needs to be included in computing the cash payment. In December 1973, Medicaid coverage of the essential spouse was limited to the aged, the blind, and the disabled.
14. Institutionalized individuals who were eligible for Medicaid in December 1973 as inpatients of Title XIX medical institutions or residents of Title XIX intermediate care facilities, if, for each consecutive month after December 1973, they:
a. Continue to meet the December 1973 Medicaid State Plan eligibility requirements;
b. Remain institutionalized; and
c. Continue to need institutional care.
15. Blind and disabled individuals who:
a. Meet all current requirements for Medicaid eligibility except the blindness or disability criteria;
b. Were eligible for Medicaid in December 1973 as blind or disabled; and
c. For each consecutive month after December 1973 continue to meet December 1973 eligibility criteria.
16. Individuals who would be SSI or SSP eligible except for the increase in OASDI benefits under P.L. 92-336 (July 1, 1972), who were entitled to OASDI in August 1972, and who were receiving cash assistance in August 1972. This includes persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance but had not applied in August 1972 (this group was included in this state's August 1972 plan), and persons who would have been eligible for cash assistance in August 1972 if not in a medical institution or intermediate care facility (this group was included in this state's August 1972 plan).
17. Individuals who:
a. Are receiving OASDI and were receiving SSI or SSP but became ineligible for SSI or SSP after April 1977; and
b. Would still be eligible for SSI or SSP if cost-of-living increases in OASDI paid under § 215(i) of the Act received after the last month for which the individual was eligible for and received SSI or SSP and OASDI, concurrently, were deducted from income.
The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements than those under SSI and the amount of increase that caused SSI or SSP ineligibility and subsequent increases are deducted when determining the amount of countable income for categorically needy eligibility.
18. Disabled widows and widowers who would be eligible for SSI or SSP except for the increase in their OASDI benefits as a result of the elimination of the reduction factor required by § 134 of P.L. 98-21 and who are deemed, for purposes of Title XIX, to be SSI beneficiaries or SSP beneficiaries for individuals who would be eligible for SSP only, under § 1634(b) of the Act.
The state does not apply more restrictive income eligibility standards than those under SSI.
19. Disabled widows, disabled widowers, and disabled unmarried divorced spouses who had been married to the insured individual for a period of at least 10 years before the divorce became effective, who have attained the age of 50, who are receiving Title II payments, and who because of the receipt of Title II income lost eligibility for SSI or SSP which they received in the month prior to the month in which they began to receive Title II payments, who would be eligible for SSI or SSP if the amount of the Title II benefit were not counted as income, and who are not entitled to Medicare Part A.
The state applies more restrictive eligibility requirements for its blind or disabled than those of the SSI program.
20. Qualified Medicare beneficiaries:
a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A (but not pursuant to an enrollment under § 1818 of the Act);
b. Whose income does not exceed 100% of the federal level; and
c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI or, effective January 1, 2010, the resource limit set for the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy Program.
Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare cost sharing as defined in item 3.2 of this plan.
21. Qualified disabled and working individuals:
a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A under § 1818A of the Act;
b. Whose income does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level;
c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI; and
d. Who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Title XIX of the Act.
Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare Part A premiums under §§ 1818 and 1818A of the Act.
22. Specified low-income Medicare beneficiaries:
a. Who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A (but not pursuant to an enrollment under § 1818A of the Act);
b. Whose income for calendar years 1993 and 1994 exceeds the income level in subdivision 25 b of this section, but is less than 110% of the federal poverty level, and whose income for calendar years beginning 1995 is less than 120% of the federal poverty level; and
c. Whose resources do not exceed twice the maximum standard under SSI or, effective January 1, 2010, the resource limit set for the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy Program.
Medical assistance for this group is limited to Medicare Part B premiums under § 1839 of the Act.
23. a. Each person to whom SSI benefits by reason of disability are not payable for any month solely by reason of § 1611(e)(3)(A)(i) or (v) shall be treated, for purposes of Title XIX, as receiving SSI benefits for the month.
b. The state applies more restrictive eligibility standards than those under SSI. Individuals whose eligibility for SSI benefits are based solely on disability who are not payable for any months solely by reason of § 1611(e)(3)(A)(i) or (v) and who continue to meet the more restrictive requirements for Medicaid eligibility under the state plan, are eligible for Medicaid as categorically needy.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-02-2.2100:1, eff. June 16, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 10, eff. March 9, 1995; Volume 11, Issue 18, eff. June 30, 1995; Volume 12, Issue 2, eff. November 15, 1995; Volume 14, Issue 5, eff. January 1, 1998; Volume 17, Issue 13, eff. April 11, 2001; Volume 17, Issue 19, eff. August 2, 2001; Volume 18, Issue 7, eff. January 16, 2002; Volume 25, Issue 20, eff. July 9, 2009; Volume 26, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2010; Volume 26, Issue 14, eff. April 14, 2010; Errata, 26:15 VA.R. March 29, 2010; amended, Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 7, eff. January 5, 2011; Volume 33, Issue 21, eff. July 27, 2017; Volume 34, Issue 19, eff. June 15, 2018; Volume 38, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2022.
12VAC30-30-20. Optional groups other than the medically needy.
The Title IV-A agency determines eligibility for Title XIX services. The following groups are eligible:
1. Individuals who would be eligible for SSI or an optional state supplement as specified in 42 CFR 435.230 if they were not in a medical institution.
2. A group or groups of individuals who would be eligible for Medicaid under the plan if they were in a nursing facility (NF) or an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID), who but for the provision of home and community-based services under a waiver granted under 42 CFR Part 441, Subpart G would require institutionalization, and who will receive home and community-based services under the waiver. The group or groups covered are listed in the waiver request. This option is effective on the effective date of the state's § 1915(c) waiver under which this group is or these groups are covered. In the event an existing § 1915(c) waiver is amended to cover this group or these groups, this option is effective on the effective date of the amendment.
3. Individuals who would be eligible for Medicaid under the plan if they were in a medical institution, who are terminally ill, and who receive hospice care in accordance with a voluntary election described in § 1905(o) of the Act.
4. The Commonwealth does not cover all individuals who are not described in § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Act, who meet the income and resource requirements of the state plan and who are younger than the age of 21 years. The Commonwealth does cover reasonable classifications of these individuals as follows:
a. Individuals for whom public agencies are assuming full or partial financial responsibility and who are:
(1) In foster homes (and are younger than the age of 21 years).
(2) In private institutions (and are younger than the age of 21 years).
(3) In addition to the group under subdivisions 4 a (1) and 4 a (2) of this section, individuals placed in foster homes or private institutions by private nonprofit agencies (and are younger than the age of 21 years).
b. Individuals in adoptions subsidized in full or part by a public agency (who are younger than the age of 21 years).
c. Individuals in NFs (who are younger than the age of 21 years). NF services are provided under this plan.
d. In addition to the group under subdivision 4 c of this section, individuals in ICF/IIDs (who are younger than the age of 21 years).
MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.
5. A child for whom there is in effect a state adoption assistance agreement (other than under Title IV-E of the Act), who, as determined by the state adoption agency, cannot be placed for adoption without medical assistance because the child has special care needs for medical or rehabilitative care and who before execution of the agreement was eligible for Medicaid under the state's approved Medicaid plan.
The Commonwealth covers individuals younger than the age of 21 years.
MAGI-based income methodologies in 12VAC30-40-100 shall be used in calculating household income.
6. Section 1902(f) states and SSI criteria states without agreements under §§ 1616 and 1634 of the Act. The following groups of individuals who receive a state supplementary payment under an approved optional state supplementary payment program that meets the following conditions. The supplement is:
a. Based on need and paid in cash on a regular basis.
b. Equal to the difference between the individual's countable income and the income standard used to determine eligibility for the supplement.
c. Available to all individuals in each classification and available on a statewide basis.
d. Paid to one or more of the following classifications of individuals:
(1) Aged individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.
(2) Blind individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.
(3) Disabled individuals in domiciliary facilities or other group living arrangements as defined under SSI.
(4) Individuals receiving a state administered optional state supplement that meets the conditions specified in 42 CFR 435.230.
The supplement varies in income standard by political subdivisions according to cost-of-living differences.
The standards for optional state supplementary payments are listed in 12VAC30-40-250.
7. Individuals who are in institutions for at least 30 consecutive days and who are eligible under a special income level. Eligibility begins on the first day of the 30-day period. These individuals meet the income standards specified in 12VAC30-40-220.
The Commonwealth covers all individuals as described in this subdivision.
8. Individuals who are 65 years of age or older or who are disabled as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Act, whose income does not exceed the income level specified in 12VAC30-40-220 for a family of the same size, and whose resources do not exceed the maximum amount allowed under SSI.
9. Individuals required to enroll in cost-effective employer-based group health plans remain eligible for a minimum enrollment period of one month.
10. Individuals who have been screened for breast or cervical cancer under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program established under Title XV of the Public Health Service Act in accordance with § 1504 of the Public Health Service Act and need treatment for breast or cervical cancer, including a pre-cancerous condition of the breast or cervix. These individuals are not otherwise covered under creditable coverage, as defined in § 2701(c) of the Public Health Services Act, are not eligible for Medicaid under any mandatory categorically needy eligibility group, and have not attained age 65.
11. Individuals who may qualify for the Medicaid Buy-In program under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) of the Social Security Act (Ticket to Work Act) if they meet the requirements for the 80% eligibility group described in 12VAC30-40-220, as well as the requirements described in 12VAC30-40-105 and 12VAC30-110-1500.
12. Individuals under the State Eligibility Option of P.L. 111-148 § 2303 who are not pregnant and whose income does not exceed the state established income standard for pregnant women in the Virginia Medicaid and CHIP State Plan and related waivers, which is 200% of the federal poverty level, shall be eligible for the family planning program. Services are limited to family planning services as described in 12VAC30-50-130 D.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-02-2.2100:1, eff. June 16, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 10, eff. March 9, 1995; Volume 17, Issue 13, eff. April 11, 2001; Volume 17, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2001; Errata, 17:21 VA.R. 3124 July 2, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 21, eff. July 23, 2009; Volume 33, Issue 11, eff. February 22, 2017; Volume 33, Issue 21, eff. July 27, 2017; Errata, 34:6 VA.R. 718 November 13, 2017.
12VAC30-30-30. Optional coverage of the medically needy.
The Title IV A Agency determines eligibility for Title XIX services.
This plan includes the medically needy:
1. Pregnant women who, except for income and/or resources, would be eligible as categorically needy under Title XIX of the Act.
2. Women who, while pregnant, were eligible for and have applied for Medicaid and receive Medicaid as medically needy under the approved State plan on the date the pregnancy ends. These women continue to be eligible, as though they were pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum services under the plan for a 60-day period after the pregnancy ends, and any remaining days in the month in which the 60th day falls.
3. Individuals under age 18 who, but for income and/or resources, would be eligible under § 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Act.
4. Newborn children born on or after October 1, 1984, to a woman who is eligible as medically needy and is receiving Medicaid on the date of the child's birth. The child is deemed to have applied and been found eligible for Medicaid on the date of birth and remains eligible for one year so long as the woman remains eligible and the child is a member of the woman's household.
5. Reasonable classification of financially eligible individuals under the ages of 21, 20, 19, or 18 as specified below:
(1) Individuals for whom public agencies are assuming full or partial financial responsibility and who are:
(a) In foster homes (and are under the age of 21).
(b) In private institutions (and are under the age of 21).
(c) In addition to the group under (1)(a) and (b), individuals placed in foster homes or private institutions by private, nonprofit agencies (and are under the age of 21).
(2) Individuals in adoptions subsidized in full or part by the public agency (who are under the age of 21).
(3) Individuals in NFs (who are under the age of 21). NF services are provided under this plan.
(4) In addition to the group under (3), individuals in ICFs/MR (who are under the age of 21).
6. Aged Individuals.
7. Blind Individuals.
8. Disabled Individuals.
9. Blind and disabled individuals who:
a. Meet all current requirements for Medicaid eligibility except the blindness or disability criteria;
b. Were eligible as medically needy in December 1973 as blind or disabled; and
c. For each consecutive month after December 1973 continue to meet the December 1973 eligibility criteria.
10. Individuals required to enroll in cost-effective employer-based group health plans remain eligible for a minimum enrollment period of one month.
Statutory Authority
Social Security Act Title XIX; 42 CFR Part 430 to end; all other applicable statutory and regulatory sections.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-02-2.2100:1, eff. June 16, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 10, eff. March 9, 1995.
12VAC30-30-40. Reasonable classifications of individuals younger than age of 21, 20, 19, or 18 years.
The reasonable classifications of individuals younger than the age of 21, 20, 19, or 18 years are set out in subdivision 4 of 12VAC30-30-20 and subdivision 5 of 12VAC30-30-30.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-03-2.2101, eff. June 16, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 13, eff. April 11, 2001; Volume 33, Issue 21, eff. July 27, 2017.
12VAC30-30-50. More restrictive categorical eligibility criteria.
More restrictive categorical eligibility criteria:
1. Presumptively eligible SSI recipients are not covered.
2. Presumptively disabled or blind SSI recipients are not covered.
3. Conditionally eligible SSI recipients are not covered.
(See 12VAC30-40-10 through 12VAC30-40-30 for the more restrictive financial eligibility criteria)
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-03-2.2102, eff. January 1, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 13, eff. April 11, 2001.
12VAC30-30-60. Requirements relating to determining eligibility for Medicare Prescription Drug Low-Income Subsidy.
The agency provides for making Medicare Prescription Drug Low-Income Subsidy determinations under § 1935(a) of the Social Security Act;
1. The agency makes determinations of eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under and in accordance with § 1860 D 14 of the Social Security Act;
a. The Social Security Administration's subsidy application (SSA-1020) will be used as the official application form for individuals to request that the state determine eligibility for the Low-Income Subsidy.
b. The application must be filed at the local department of social services in the city or county where the applicant resides. A face-to-face interview is not required.
c. The applicant may be represented by an individual who is authorized to act on behalf of the applicant; if the applicant is incapacitated or incompetent, someone acting responsibly on his behalf; or an individual of the applicant's choice who is requested by the applicant to act as his representative in the application process. The person acting responsibly on behalf of, or acting as the representative of the applicant is required to attest to the accuracy of the information on the application.
d. Applications must be acted on within 45 days from the date the application is received by the local department of social services. A determination of eligibility or ineligibility must be made and the applicant must be sent written notice of his approval or denial of assistance under the Low-Income Subsidy program as well as the reasons for such findings.
e. Redeterminations of eligibility must be made in the same manner and frequency as redeterminations are required under the state's Medicaid State Plan.
f. Family size. The following persons are counted in the family size: the applicant; the applicant's spouse, if living with the applicant; and any persons who are related by blood, marriage or adoption, who are living with the applicant and spouse and who are dependent on the applicant or spouse for at least one-half of their financial support.
g. Financial requirements. Regulations at 20 CFR Part 416 Subparts K and L are used to evaluate income and resources for subsidy eligibility. Current SSI policy can be found in the online Program Operations Manual System (POMS) at http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/aboutpoms. Less restrictive rules the state uses for Medicaid determinations are not used for the Low-Income Subsidy determination.
h. The subsidy applicant may appeal his Low-Income Subsidy determination according to the appeal procedures found in the state's Medicaid State Plan.
2. The agency provides for informing the secretary of such determinations in cases in which such eligibility is established or redetermined;
3. The agency provides for screening of individuals for Medicare cost-sharing described in § 1905(p)(3) of the Act and offering enrollment to eligible individuals under the state plan or under a waiver of the state plan.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-324 and 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 11, eff. March 7, 2007.
12VAC30-30-70. Hospital presumptive eligibility.
A. Qualified hospitals shall administer presumptive eligibility in accordance with the provisions of this section. A qualified hospital is a hospital that meets the requirements of 42 CFR 435.1110(b) and that:
1. Has entered into a valid provider agreement with the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), participates as a Virginia Medicaid provider, notifies DMAS of its election to make presumptive eligibility determinations, and agrees to make presumptive eligibility determinations consistent with DMAS policies and procedures; and
2. Has not been disqualified by DMAS for failure to make presumptive eligibility determinations in accordance with applicable state policies and procedures as defined in subsections C, D, and E of this section or for failure to meet any standards established by the Medicaid agency.
B. The eligibility groups or populations for which hospitals determine eligibility presumptively are: (i) pregnant women; (ii) infants and children younger than age 19 years; (iii) parents and other caretaker relatives; (iv) individuals eligible for family planning services; (v) former foster care children; (vi) individuals needing treatment for breast and cervical cancer; and (vii) adults 19 years of age or older but younger than 65 years of age.
C. The presumptive eligibility determination shall be based on:
1. The individual's categorical or nonfinancial eligibility for the group, as listed in subsection B of this section, for which the individual's presumptive eligibility is being determined;
2. Household income shall not exceed the applicable income standard for the group, as the groups are listed in subsection B of this section, for which the individual's presumptive eligibility is being determined if an income standard is applicable for this group;
3. Virginia residency; and
4. Satisfactory immigration status in accordance with 42 CFR 435.1102(d)(1) and as required in subdivision 3 of 12VAC30-40-10 and 42 CFR 435.406.
D. Qualified hospitals shall ensure that at least 85% of individuals deemed by the hospital to be presumptively eligible will file a full Medicaid application before the end of the presumptive eligibility period.
E. Qualified hospitals shall ensure that at least 70% of individuals deemed by the hospital to be presumptively eligible are determined eligible for Medicaid based on the full application that is submitted before the end of the presumptive eligibility period.
F. The presumptive eligibility period is determined in accordance with 42 CFR 435.1101 and shall begin on the date the presumptive eligibility determination is made. The presumptive eligibility period shall end on the earlier of:
1. The date the eligibility determination for regular Medicaid is made if an application for Medicaid is filed by the last day of the month following the month in which the determination of presumptive eligibility is made; or
2. The last day of the month following the month in which the determination of presumptive eligibility is made if no application for Medicaid is filed by last day of the month following the month in which the determination of presumptive eligibility is made.
G. Periods of presumptive eligibility are limited to one presumptive eligibility period per pregnancy and one per calendar year for all other covered groups.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 23, eff. August 26, 2016; amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2021.