California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 3 - Health Care Services › Subdivision 1 - California Medical Assistance Program › Chapter 2 - Determination of Medi-Cal Eligibility and Share of Cost › Article 7 - ALIENAGE, CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCE › Section 50301.5 - Opportunity to Document Satisfactory Immigration Status

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Alien applicants for full Medi-Cal
					 benefits must present documents from INS or an order issued by the District
					 Director of INS, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, or a federal court
					 which serve as reasonable evidence of satisfactory immigration status for
					 Medi-Cal purposes. After they are informed of this fact, they shall have 30
					 calendar days, or the time it actually takes the county department to process
					 their Medi-Cal applications, whichever is longer, to submit such documents. The
					 30-day period begins at the time the applicant submits a completed form MC 13
					 (5/89) containing a declaration in writing, under penalty of perjury, which
					 attests to his or her status as an alien.
(b) Applicants who do not present
					 documentation indicating satisfactory immigration status within the period
					 prescribed in subsection (a), are eligible for restricted Medi-Cal benefits if
					 they meet all other program requirements.
(c) The county department shall provide
					 adequate notice to the individual of any adverse action and shall accord to the
					 individual an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the Department of
					 Social Services Manual of Policies and Procedures sections
					 22-017,
					 22-021 and
					 22-022.
1. New
						section filed 11-14-89 as an emergency pursuant to section
						9 of chapter 1441 of the Statutes
						of 1988; operative 11-14-89 (Register 89, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance
						must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be
						repealed on 3-14-90.
2. New section refiled 3-8-90 as an emergency
						pursuant to section
						9 of chapter 1441 of the Statutes
						of 1988; operative 3-13-90 (Register 90, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance
						must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be
						repealed on 7-11-90.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-8-90 order
						transmitted to OAL 7-5-90 and disapproved 8-6-90 (Register 90, No.
						42).
4. Repealer and new section filed 8-23-90 as an emergency
						pursuant to section
						9 of chapter 1441 of the Statutes
						of 1988; operative 8-23-90 (Register 90, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance
						must be transmitted to OAL by 12-21-90 or emergency language will be repealed
						by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of
						Compliance including amendment as to 8-23-90 order transmitted to OAL 11-20-90
						and filed 12-17-90 (Register 91, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  10725
						  and
						  14124.5,
						  Welfare and Institutions Code; and Section
						  9, Chapter 1441, Statutes of 1988.
						  Reference: Sections
						  10950 to
						  10965, inclusive, 14007.5 and
						  14011, Welfare and Institutions Code.