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2006 Agency Letters

Agency Letter NumberSubject AreaSubject SynopsisIssue DateAttachment
06-003Benefits Coordination

Disability trust closure form

Procedure for notifying the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing when a Medicaid client with an approved disability trust is no longer eligible for Medicaid

01/25/2006 
06-004.1Medicaid County Client Coordinator

Medicaid county client responsiveness procedure replaces Agency Letter 06-004

New procedure will ensure Medicaid client issues and concerns are acted upon by the counties in a timely manner

03/01/2006 
06-008Benefits Coordination

Submitting trusts for eligibility determinations

Clarify the procedure for submitting a trust for review to the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing

02/03/2006 
06-016Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services

Revised rules for promissory notes and life estates

New rules governing promissory notes and life estates for applicants and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services

03/31/2006 
06-017Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services

Revised rules for resources-Home equity limitation

New regulation which affects applicants for Medicaid long-term care services with homes with equity values of more than $500,000

03/31/2006 
06-018Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services

Revised Rules for Resource-Annuities

New procedures for treating annuities for applicants for and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services

03/31/2006 
06-021Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services

Revised definition of income, Revised resource Rules for vehicles, household goods, and personal effects

Revised definition of income and new resource rules governing vehicles, household goods, and personal effects for applicants and recipients of Medicaid long-term care services

05/30/2006 
06-022Financial Eligibility for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services

Revised rules for trust, life estates, and annuities

Revised rules for trust, life estates, and annuities that are effective June 1, 2006

05/30/2006 
06-026Medicaid Assistance

Medicaid Clarifications for foster care and subsidized adoption assistance

Clarify the subsidized adoption rule changes, to define the roles of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) personnel, and to clarify Medicaid eligibility process and procedures for foster care and subsidized adoption clients

05/30/2006 
06-030Medical Assistance

Medicare buy-in accretion logic fixed

Change in procedures relating to Medicare buy-in

07/07/2006 
06-034Benefits Coordination

Trust officer contact information, revised trust transmittal form, declaration of income trust form, and disability trust form

Rescind, correct, and update agency letters HCPF 06-023, HCPF 06-020, HCPF 06-006, HCPF 05-006, and HCPF 05-005

09/13/2006