California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 13 - Department of Child Support Services › Chapter 2 - Case Intake › Article 4 - Case Processing › Section 112152 - Case Processing-Medically Needy Only Referrals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each local child support agency shall:
(a) Provide all Title IV-D services to a Medically
				  Needy Only recipient unless he/she notifies the local child support agency that only
				  services related to medical support are wanted.
(b) Establish paternity when
				  appropriate.
(c) Seek to obtain an order
				  for a noncustodial parent to provide medical support for his/her child(ren)
				  receiving benefits under the Medi-Cal program.
(d) Enforce any existing valid medical support
				  order for health insurance established for the child(ren) receiving benefits under
				  the Medi-Cal program.
(e) Forward
				  payments from a noncustodial parent for medical support to the Department of Health
				  Services, if a local child support agency is enforcing a medical support order
				  specifying a dollar amount for medical support.
(f) Provide written notification to the county
				  welfare department and to the Department of Health Services, Third Party Liability
				  Branch, within five days of discovering that a Medically Needy Only recipient
				  received a medical support payment directly from a noncustodial parent, if the local
				  child support agency is enforcing a medical support order specifying a dollar amount
				  for medical purposes.
(g) When a
				  Medically Needy Only recipient is no longer eligible for assistance under the
				  Medi-Cal program, a local child support agency shall continue to provide Title IV-D
				  services, and notify the Medically Needy Only recipient in writing within five
				  business days of receipt of the county welfare department's notification of
				  ineligibility, that Title IV-D services shall be continued unless the local child
				  support agency is notified in writing by the Medically Needy Only recipient that
				  services should be discontinued. The notice shall inform the Medically Needy Only
				  recipient of his/her rights and responsibilities of continuing to receive Title IV-D
				  service, including available services and distribution policies.
1. New section
					 filed 9-10-2001 as an emergency pursuant to Family Code section
					 17306; operative
					 9-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted
					 to OAL by 3-11-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on
					 the following day.
2. New section refiled 2-14-2002 as an emergency
					 pursuant to Family Code section
					 17306(e);
					 operative 2-14-2002 (Register 2002, No. 8). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 8-20-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation
					 of law on the following day.
3. Editorial correction of HISTORY 2
					 (Register 2002, No. 33).
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-14-2002
					 order, including amendment of section and NOTE, transmitted to OAL 7-3-2002 and
					 filed 8-15-2002 (Register 2002, No. 33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						17306,
						17310 and
						17312, Family Code.
						Reference: Sections
						17400 and
						17415, Family Code;
						Section
						14008.6,
						Welfare and Institutions Code; and 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections
						302.31,
						302.33,
						302.51 and
						303.31.