SR 03-20 Dated 07/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

 

SIGNATURE DATE:

June 3, 2003

FROM:

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Mary Anne Broshek

AT (OFFICE):

Division of Family Assistance

TO:

DFA Supervisors

Managers of Administration

SUBJECT:

Elimination of the Temporary Adjustment Period for Recipients of Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD)

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2003

 

SUMMARY

 

This SR releases the elimination of the temporary adjustment period for individuals who lose eligibility for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) due to no longer meeting APTD medical criteria.

 

Current Policy

New Policy

APTD Temporary Adjustment Period

A temporary adjustment period, during which the APTD recipient continues to receive financial and/or medical assistance, is allowed for the month in which Medicaid Administrative Services (MAS) determines that the individual no longer meets APTD medical criteria and the next full calendar month.

No APTD Temporary Adjustment Period

When MAS determines that the individual no longer meets the medical criteria for APTD, financial and/or medical assistance will close the day the advance notice period (ANP) expires.

 

POLICY

 

Effective July 1, 2003, the temporary adjustment period will be eliminated for individuals who lose eligibility for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) due to no longer meeting the APTD medical criteria. Formerly, a recipient of APTD was entitled to a temporary adjustment period only when the individual’s assistance case was closed because the individual no longer met the APTD medical criteria. The temporary adjustment period covered the month in which the case was closed plus the following month.

 

With the release of this SR, APTD cases that close due to Medicaid Administrative Services determining that the individual no longer meets APTD medical criteria will terminate the day the advance notice period expires.

 

POLICY MANUAL REVISIONS

 

Revised Adult Assistance Manual Topics

 

PART 169  TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT PERIOD: APTD

 

©Division of Family Assistance, Department of Health and Human Services, State of New Hampshire

 

NEW HEIGHTS PROCEDURES

 

Prior to the release of this policy, FSS were required to complete the "Temporary Adjustment" tab on the "Disability" screen under the "Non-Financial" function, when processing an APTD case that was eligible for a temporary adjustment. Effective July 1, 2003, FSS will no longer complete this tab for APTD clients. As of the July 1 effective date, New HEIGHTS will be programmed to disregard information entered into this screen when the information is for an APTD client.

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

The policy released by this SR is effective beginning July 1, 2003.

 

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

 

A public hearing regarding this change was held on May 16, 2003. No additional client notification is planned.

 

TRAINING

 

No training is planned for this change.

 

DISPOSITION

 

This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topic released by this SR has been posted to the On-line manual.

 

DISTRIBUTION

 

This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for Division of Family Assistance policy releases. This SR, and revised On-Line Manuals, will be available for agency staff in the On-Line Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/DFA/LIBRARY, effective July 1, 2003.

 

This SR, and printed pages with posting instructions, will be distributed under separate cover to all hard copy holders of the Adult Assistance Manual.

 

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