California Department of Healthcare Services

2002 All County Welfare Director's Letters

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• ACWDL 02-01(January 3, 2002)
  January 2002 Tuberculosis (TB) Income Standard and Related Issues
• ACWDL 02-02 (January 3, 2002)
  Camera-ready Copies of Notices of Action Affected By Senate Bill (SB) 87
• ACWDL 02-03 (January 22, 2002)
  Issuance of new Beneficiary Identification Cards (BICS)
• ACWDL 02-04 (January 28, 2002)
  Medi-Cal Eligibility Quality control (MEQC) Geographic Sampling Plan (GSP) Pilot Project
• ACWDL 02-05 (January 31, 2002)
  Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP) Recipients Discontinued Effective January 2002 (Lynch v. Rank) -- 503 Leads
• ACWDL 02-06 (January 31, 2002)
  Pickle Packets of Forms and Notice, Type 51
• ACWDL 02-07 (January 31, 2002)
  Lynch v. Rank (Pickle) - Tickler System
• ACWDL 02-08 (February 1, 2002)
  Increase in the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Amount
• ACWDL 02-09 (February 1, 2002)
  Terminating all Lease Agreements with the Health and Human Services Data Center for Memorex
• ACWDL 02-10 (February 13, 2002)
  Revised MC 219 (Revised December 2001) - "Important Information for Persons Requesting Medi-Cal"

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• ACWDL 02-11 (March 4, 2002)
  Medi-Cal Liaison List for the Disability Quarterly Status Report and Disability Issues
• ACWDL 02-12 (March 4, 2002)
  Presumptive Eligibility (PE) Program
• ACWDL 02-13 (March 5, 2002)
  New Federal Poverty Levels, Effective April 1, 2002
• ACWDL 02-14 (March 8, 2002)
  Questions and Answers Regarding Continuous Eligibility for Children
• ACWDL 02-15 (March 18, 2002)
  Dual Eligibility Outreach for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)/Specified Low-Income Medicare beneficiary (SLMB)/Qualifying Individual (AI)
• ACWDL 02-16 (March 18, 2002)
  2002 Poverty Level Chart for the QMB, SLMB, AI-1, and AI-2 Programs, Effective April 1, 2001 Through March 31, 2003
• ACWDL 02-17 (March 21, 2002)
  2002 Statewide Average Private Pay Rate (APPR) for Nursing Facility Services
• ACWDL 02-18 (March 21, 2002)
  Processing Disability Re-Examination Cases for Medically Needy Only (MNO) Beneficiaries
• ACWDL 02-19 (March 26, 2002)
  New and Revised Camera-Ready Copies of Notices of Action Affected by Senate Bill 87
• ACWDL 02-20 (April 5, 2002)
  Continuous Eligibility for Children (CEC) Losing Foster Care

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• ACWDL 02-21 (April 9, 2002)
  January 2002 Social Security Title II and Title XVI Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and Related Issues
• ACWDL 02-22 (April 12, 2002)
  Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A&D/FPL) Program In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Deduction
• ACWDL 02-22E (May 7, 2002)
  Errata to All County Welfare Directors Letter No. 02-22 (Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A&D FPL) Program In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Deduction )
• ACWDL 02-23 (April 18, 2002)
  Healthy Families Parental Expansion Implementation
• ACWDL 02-24 (April 30, 2002)
  Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A&D FPL) Program (Increase in the Income Disregard for Couples)
• ACWDL 02-24E (June 10, 2002)
  Errata to All County Welfare Directors Letter No. 02-24 (Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A&D FPL) Program (Increase in the Income Disregard for Couples)
• ACWDL 02-25 (April 30, 2002)
  Social Security Administration (SSA) Dual Eligibility Outreach Initiative
• ACWDL 02-26 (May 7, 2002)
  Informational Alert Concerning Medi-Medis
• ACWDL 02-27 (May 8, 2002)
  Sutter County Medi-Cal Budget Calculation Chart
• ACWDL 02-28 (May 17, 2002)
  Settlement in the Case of Geraldine Champion vs. County of San Luis Obispo; does 1-10, Inclusive, Case No. DV010357, Sup. Ct. S.L.O. County, State of California
• ACWDL 02-29 (May 29, 2002)
  2002/2003 Family-Member Maximum Base Allocation Amount
• ACWDL 02-30 (May 30, 2002)
  Medi-Cal Liaison List for the Disability Quarterly Status Report and Disability Issues

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• ACWDL 02-31(June 6, 2002)
  Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC) Informational Pamphlet/Post Card
• ACWDL 02-32 (June 7, 2002)(PDF, 3.31MB)
  New EW 11 Transactions and Screens
• ACWDL 02-33 (June 7, 2002)
  Medicare Plus Choice (M+C) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Premium Payment Program
• ACWDL 02-34 (June 10, 2002)
  The 250 Percent Working Disabled Program and the Department of Social Services Disability Evaluation Process
• ACWDL 02-35 (June 18, 2002)
  Medi-Cal Estate Recovery (ER) Program
• ACWDL 02-36 (June 19, 2002)
  Implementation of Accelerated Enrollment (AE) for Children at Single Point of Entry
• ACWDL 02-37 (June 20, 2002)
  Implementation of Child and Medical Support Eligibility Provisions - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program
• ACWDL 02-38 (June 28, 2002)
  Questions and Answers About the Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (A&D FPL) Program
• ACWDL 02-39 (June 28, 2002)
  250 Percent Working Disabled Program Update
• ACWDL 02-40 (July 3, 2002)
  Processing Disability Evaluations Under SB 87

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• ACWDL 02-41(July 18, 2002)
  The Removal of State Leased MEDS Controllers, Data circuits, Terminals and Printers
• ACWDL 02-42 (July 19, 2002)
  All Representatives of Medi-Cal Applicants
• ACWDL 02-43 (August 27, 2002)
  Income Verification for Retroactive Medi-Cal
• ACWDL 02-44 (August 27, 2002)
  $240 Deduction from Disability Income for Applicants of the Section 1931 Program
• ACWDL 02-45 (August 21, 2002)
  Discontinued Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment Beneficiaries - CRAIG v. Bonta'
• ACWDL 02-46 (September 23, 2002)
  Third Party Liability branch Billing Process Change
• ACWDL 02-47 (September 23, 2002)
  Workload Issues Currently Affecting State Programs Disability and Adult Program Division (SP-DAPD) Operations
• ACWDL 02-48 (September 24, 2002)
  Revision to Medi-Cal Request for Information Form (MC 355)
• ACWDL 02-49 (October 18, 2002)
  Health Care Options (HCO) Presentations
• ACWDL 02-50 (October 18, 2002)
  Medi-Cal Liaison List for the Disability Quarterly Status Report and Disability Issues

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• ACWDL 02-51 (October 18, 2002)
  Treatment of Work-Related Pension Funds, Individual Retirement Account (IRA's), Keogh's and Other Work-Related Retirement Funds Under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code
• ACWDL 02-52 (November 8, 2002)
  Annual RV Compliance
• ACWDL 02-53 (Novmeber 8, 2002)
  2003 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (MCCA) Spousal Impoverishment CAPS
• ACWDL 02-54 (November 8, 2002)
  Interim Instructions for Implementation of the June 24, 2002 Court Order in the Craig v. Bonta' Lawsuit
• ACWDL 02-55 (November 13, 2002)
  January 2003 Social Security Title II and Title XVI Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and Related Issues
• ACWDL 02-56 (December 4, 2002)
  The 2003 Medicare Premiums and Supplemental Security Income Standard and Parent Allocations for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)/Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)/Qualifying Individual-1 (QI-1) and Other Programs
• ACWDL 02-57 (December 4, 2002)
  Redefinition of Aid Codes 3A, 3C and 4C
• ACWDL 02-58 (December 6, 2002)
  Temporary Policy on Medi-Cal Eligibility Data Systems (MEDS) Online Point of Service Inquiry Screen (MOPI)
• ACWDL 02-59 (December 23, 2002)
  Questions and Answers - Medi-Cal Eligibility Determination Process and Medi-Cal Request for Information (MC 355)
• ACWDL 02-60 (December 23, 2002)
  New Form DHS 7077 A - Notice Regarding Transfer of a Home for Both a Married and an Unmarried Applicant/Beneficiary

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