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Appendix F - Policy Manual Changes
 
Page 3
 
Page 3 lists changes to the manual since January, 2007
Date of Change
Part/Section
  Description of Changes
January, 2007 Appendix C1 Updates DHS Form 1209 "Medicaid Recertification Form"
January, 2007 VI, Exhibit VI/3, page 2 Updates income scales for QMB, SLIMB, and QWDI for 2007
February, 2007 VI/ Exhibit VI-3 Updates Medicaid income scales due to new Federal Poverty Levels
February, 2007
1/2.2.1
VI, Exhibit VI-3
VII/1.11-1.12
VII/Exhibit VII-1
Increases QMB/SLMB income level to 300% of Federal Poverty Level
February, 2007 IV/7.12.5 Adds SSDI recipients, Foster Care Children and Adoption Subsidy Children to list of persons exempt from Medicaid citizenship verification requirement
February, 2007 VIII/4.9 Updates policy on timeframes for completing Food Stamp Recertifications and automatic Food Stamp denials
March, 2007
III/1.8
VIII/4.4
VIII/5.5
Adds requirement that a Change Report Form be given to customers at Food Stamp application interviews, Food Stamp recertification interviews, and when a household reports a change on a Change Report Form
March, 2007 III/3.3 Clarifies that households approved for Food Stamps must be sent written notice of their responsibilities to report changes
March, 2007
VII/2.6.6-2.6.7
VII/2.9.1
Updates minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance, Spousal Share asset limit, and Community Spouse Assets Allowance for 2007.
March, 2007 VII/2.6.5 Clarifies that reference to Section 7.3 is only for types of allowed medical expenses
April, 2007 VI/Chapter 1 Updates policy regarding asset types and how they are counted
April, 2007 VI/Chapter 4 Updates policy regarding income types and how they are counted
May, 2007
VI/5.4.2
VI6.3.1
Clarifies that utility allowances are not prorated for Food Stamp households with disqualified members
May, 2007 VI/Chapter 3 Updates policy regarding providing and verifying Social Security Numbers
June, 2007 Appendix C-1 Updates Medical Examination Report
June, 2007 V/1.8 Clarifies that TANF income must continue to be counted for Food Stamps if TANF is terminated due to work sanction
June, 2007 VI/Exhibit VI-3 Medicaid Income Scale for children under 19 and for pregnant women has been increased to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level
June, 2007 VI/8.3 Updates policy to say that income from the thirty days preceding the application or recertification date is used to project future income, if it is representative of expected income
June, 2007 VII/1.16, 3.3 Removes obsolete language regarding Medical Charities and DC HealthCare Alliance
June, 2007 III/4.6 Updates Food Stamp policy to say that an applicant must participate in a face-to-face or telephone interview before expedited services can be provided.
June, 2007
VI/1.24.1
VII/Table of Contents
VII/2.12a
Adds new section placing a limitation on home equity for Long Term Care Assistance except for certain conditions.
July, 2007 VI/4.45 Updates Food Stamp policy to say that SSI recoupments are never considered as income
July, 2007
IV/1.5.2
V/1.8
Updates Food Stamp periods of disqualification for Intentional Program Violations (IPV)
July, 2007
IV/2.4
IV/10.1
Updates Food Stamp policy regarding exemptions from institutional status
September, 2007
VI/Exhibit VI-5
VI/6.3, pages 2 and 3
Updates Food Stamp income limits, deduction amounts, and maximum benefits effective October 1, 2007
September, 2007
VI/Exhibit VI-4
IX/2.5.1
Updates cash assistance payment levels effective October 1, 2007
September, 2007 VII/1.3 Updates Transitional Medical Assistance policy to take into account the difference between Medicaid income limits for children and the limits for parents
February, 2008 VI/Exhibit VI-3 Updates Medicaid income scales due to new Federal Poverty Levels
February, 2008 VII/2.6.6, 2.6.7,2.9.1
Updates Impoverished Spouse Standards for 2008
May, 2008
IV/2.3,
VII/4.3.6
Adds language regarding residency of temporary non-immigrants such as embassy personnel
May, 2008
I/2.2.1
IV/4.3
VI/Exhibit VI-3, page 2
Appendix D2/pages 1,2
Increases Medicaid income standard for 19 and 20 year olds to 200% of FPL
May, 2008 VI/4.55 Adds language regarding special payments from Veterans Administration
June, 2008 VIII/4.1 Changes review period for TANF and GC from six months to twelve months
June, 2008 VIII/4.3 Adds requirements for Mid-Certification Report for Food Stamp households certified for twelve months and for Interim Contact for Food Stamp households certified for twenty-four months.
July, 2008 IV/9.3 Makes corrections to definition of disability for persons who were disabled under 1972 criteria
September, 2008
IV/12.1,12.5
VI/6.3,8.5.1
Exhibit VI-5
 
Updates Food Stamp income limits, deduction amounts, and maximum benefits, increases automatic Food Stamp benefit for certain categorically eligible households, and uncaps Food Stamp dependent care deductions effective October 1, 2008
September, 2008
 
VI/8.4
Exhibit VI-4
 
Updates TANF Payment Levels effective November 1, 2008
 
 
November, 2008
 
 
 
I/2.2.1
Exhibit VI-1
VII/1.11-1.12
Exhibit VII-1
 
Removes Asset Test for QMB/SLIMB effective November 1, 2008
 
 
 
 
November, 2008
 
IV/7.9.6
 
 
Updates Credits of Qualifying Quarters chart for 2008 and 2009
 
 
December, 2008
 
 
VI/1.28
VII/2.13
 
 
Adds Language Regarding Penalties Under Long-Term Care and Home-And-Community-Based Services Waiver for Transferring Assets for Less than Market Value
 
December, 2008
 
V/1.6
 
 
Clarifies that a woman in the second or third trimester of pregnancy is exempt from TANF work participation requirements
 
December, 2008
 
 
IV/4.4
 
 
 
Clarifies for Food Stamps that students must be enrolled in an institution of higher education at least half-time before they can be required to meet extra criteria to participate.
 
December, 2008
 
VI, Exhibit VI-4
 
 
Updates TANF Payment Levels effective January 1, 2009
 
 
December, 2008
 
 
 
VI/4.16b
 
 
 
 
Corrects Food Stamp policy regarding Guardianship Subsidy payments to say that children for whom Guardianship Subsidy payments are received can be included in or excluded from the Food Stamp household like a Foster Child
 
December, 2008
 
 
 
VI/4.16a
 
 
 
 
Adds language expanding the definition of who can receive the Grandparents Caregivers Subsidy to include persons who were grandparents, great-grandparents, great-aunts, and great-uncles of a child before adopting the child.
 
January, 2009
 
VII/2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.9.1
 
Updates Impoverished Spouse Standards for 2009
 
 
February, 2009
 
VI/Exhibit VI-3
 
 
Updates Medicaid income scales due to new Federal Poverty Levels
 
 
February, 2009
 
 
IV/12.1, 12.5
VI/8.5.1
VI/Exhibit VI-5
 
Updates Maximum and Minimum Food Stamp Allotments Effective April 1, 2009
 
 
August, 2009
 
 
II/1.4
VIII/TOC
VIII/5.7
 
Moves EBT card replacement information from Part II to part VIII and adds information on replacing Food Stamp benefits lost due to household misfortune
 
August, 2009
VII/TOC
VII/4.1, 4.3.1, 4.3.8
 
Updates requirements for DC HealthCare Alliance to exclude persons enrolled in any part of Medicare or who are enrolled in any third party health insurance program
September, 2009
 
 
VI/Exhibit VI-5
VI/6.3, pages 3-4
 
Updates Food Stamp income limits and deduction amounts effective October 1, 2009
 
 
September, 2009
 
IV/2.7
 
Updates policy regarding verifying residence, including new requirements for the DC HealthCare Alliance
 
February, 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
III/1.6.1
IV/1.1, 1.3, 1.4,1.5, 1.10,9.1
IV/Chapter 8
V/1.6
VI/5.4.4, 5.4.5
VIII/4.4, 5.5
Appendix B pages 2 and 4
Appendix C-3
page 2
 
Eliminates deprivation as factor of eligibility for TANF and gives parent a choice in TANF household composition where there is a step-parent and no child-in-common
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
February, 2010
 
IV/ 1.5
VIII/6.3.2
 
Moves information regarding overpayments due to duplicate TANF and SSI receipt from Part Part IV Chapter 1 to Part VIII Chapter 6
 
March, 2010
IV/12.1,12.3,12.4,
12.6,12.7
VI/1.1, 8.1,8.4,8.5,
Exhibit VI-5
Appendix B
Appendix C-3
 
Updates Food Stamp policy to give expanded categorical eligibility to groups that have received a prescribed TANF-funded service
 
 
 
 
 
March, 2010 IV/4.4
Clarifies for Food Stamps that any TANF or SSI recipient meets the student criteria for Food Stamp eligibility
 
May, 2010
 
VIII/6.4.5
 
Adds language regarding compromising Food Stamp claims
 
June, 2010
 
VII/2.6.3
 
Clarifies language regarding allowance for maintaining unoccupied home
 
December, 2010
 
 
VII/3.5
 
 
Updates description of HIV programs and notes end of Medicaid Demonstration program
 
March, 2011
 
 
 
 
I/2.3
IV/Chapter 13
VI/8.4, 8.5
Exhibit IV-4
 
Updates TANF policy to implement reduced TANF payments to families who have received TANF over 60 months
 
 
 
May, 2011
III/3.4.5
VI/8.5
Updates FS policy to deny applications for FS households of three or more persons who meet gross and net income tests but are eligible for $0 in benefits
 
October, 2011
VII/Chapter 4
Updates DC HealthCare Alliance policy to; require face-to-fact interviews at application and recertification, change Alliance recertification verification requirements, mandate provision of SSNs by US citizens and nine-digit Alien numbers by Qualified Aliens, and change Alliance certification period to six months.
 
November, 2011 IV/7.12.4, 7.12.5
Updates citizenship/alien documentation requirement for Medicaid to provide for reasonable opportunity periods for both US citizens and Qualified Aliens to provide documentation of status.
 
November, 2011 VI/6.3, Exhibit VI-5
Updates Food Stamp Income Limits and Deductions effective October 1, 2011
 
November, 2011 VI/6.3, 8.6.4
Updates Food Stamp policy effective January 1, 2010 to give Heating/Cooling Standard Utility Allowance to all active Food Stamp households due to expectation of receipt of Low Income Energy Assistance Program benefit
 
December, 2011
I/2.2.1,2.2.2
VI/Exhibit VI-1,6.3, Exhibit VI-3
VII/1.16
Appendix D-2, page 2
 
Updates Medicaid policy to include Childless Adults with limited income (implemented effective May 1, 2010) and corrects resource limit for DC HealthCare Alliance
January, 2012 VI/6.3 Corrects Food Stamp Heating/Cooling Standard Utility Allowance effective October 1, 2011
March, 2012 VI/Exhibit IV-3 Updates Medical Assistance Income Limits for 2012, effective February, 2012
 
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