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2022 All County Welfare Directors’ Letters

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The following are All County Welfare Directors’ Letters (ACWDLs) for 2022:

LetterDateTitle
ACWDL 22-01February 1, 2022Updated MC 239 Discontinuance Notice of Action – Over Income and Not Otherwise Medi-Cal Eligible
ACWDL 22-02February 3, 2022BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT PROGRAM (BCCTP) OVERVIEW AND REFERRAL PROCESS
ACWDL 22-02EOctober 11, 2023Erratum to All County Welfare Directors Letter 22-02
ACWDL 22-03February 9, 20222022 FEDERAL POVERTY LEVELS
ACWDL 22-04February 11, 2022Treatment of Certain Public Health Emergency Assistance Payments for
Medi-Cal Eligibility
ACWDL 22-05March 14, 20222022 Statewide Average Private Pay Rate (APPR) for Nursing Facility Level of Care and Reminder of Changes to Asset Limits
ACWDL 22-06March 29, 20222022 Medicare Savings Program Property Limit
ACWDL 22-07April 12, 2022New Limits for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Federal Poverty Level (Reference:
ACWDL 22-08April 15, 2022USE OF THE VERIFY CURRENT INCOME SERVICE (VCI) THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE ELIGIBILITY, ENROLLMENT, AND RETENTION SYSTEM
ACWDL 22-09
(Obsolete)
May 3, 2022UPDATED GUIDANCE ON THE COUNTY PROCESS WHEN MAIL IS RETURNED UNDELIVERABLE
ACWDL 22-10May 4, 2022Mailing of Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Other Personal Information (PI)
ACWDL 22-11May 4, 2022GUIDANCE FOR UPDATING THE FORMER FOSTER YOUTH FLAG IN THE MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY DATA SYSTEM
ACWDL 22-12May 9, 2022Update to Second Contact Requirement for Medi-Cal Applications (Reference All County Welfare Directors Letter 08-07)
ACWDL 22-13May 12, 2022CHANGES TO ASSET VERIFICATION REVIEW REQUIREMENTS DUE TO JULY 2022 ASSET LIMIT INCREASE
ACWDL 22-13EFebruary 17, 2023ERRATA TO ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS LETTER 22-13
ACWDL 22-14June 1, 2022Premium Reduction for the 250 Percent Working Disabled Program, Optional Targeted Low-Income Children’s Program, Medi-Cal Access Program, Medi-Cal Access Infant program, County  Children’s Health Initiative Program
ACWDL 22-14ESeptember 14, 2022ERRATA TO ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS LETTER 22-14E
ACWDL 22-15June 9, 2022Reminder of Changes to Asset Limits and Sneede v. Kizer
ACWDL 22-16June 9, 20222022/2023 Family Members Base Allocation Amount (Reference: All County Welfare Directors Letter 21-17)
ACWDL 22-17June 17, 2022INCREASE TO THE REASONABLE COMPATIBILITY THRESHOLD IN THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE ELIGIBILITY, ENROLLMENT, AND RETENTION SYSTEM (CalHEERS).
ACWDL 22-18June 24, 2022Case Processing Actions after the Conclusion of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE)
ACWDL 22-19 (Obsolete)July 5, 2022Enhancements to Medi-Cal Managed Health Care Plans Updated Beneficiary Contact Information Process
(Reference: All County Welfare Directors Letter No. 15-30)
ACWDL 22-20July 11, 2022Senate Bill 260 Streamlines Transitioning to Covered California
ACWDL 22-21July 11, 2022PREGNANCY AID CODE M9 TRANSITION TO FULL SCOPE
ACWDL 22-22August 8, 2022INTRODUCTION OF REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS
ACWDL 22-23October 17, 2022AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT POSTPARTUM CARE EXTENSION Ref: ACWDL 21-15, MEDIL 21-13 and 21-13E, MEDIL 22-21
ACWDL 22-24October 25, 2022EXPANSION OF ACCELERATED ENROLLMENT TO THE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED WELFARE SYSTEM
ACWDL 22-25October 31,  2022ELIMINATION OF ASSET LIMITS FOR NON-MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME MEDI-CAL PROGRAMS
ACWDL 22-26October 28, 2022IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL (SB) 184 – EXTENSION OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEDI-CAL BENEFITS FOR ADULT INMATES, REDETERMINATION REQUIREMENTS, AND SUSPENSION TIMELINE GUIDELINES
ACWDL 22-27November 10, 2022CALAIM MANDATORY PRE-RELEASE MEDI-CAL APPLICATION PROCESS FOR INMATES AND YOUTH OF COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND COUNTY YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
ACWDL 22-28November 28, 20222023 MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM PROPERTY LIMIT
ACWDL 22-29November 23, 20222023 MEDICARE PREMIUMS AND SOCIAL SECURITY TITLE II COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
ACWDL 22-30November 23, 2022JANUARY 2023 SOCIAL SECURITY TITLE II COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
ACWDL 22-31November 28, 20222023 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME/STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT CASH GRANT LEVELS FOR DETERMINING PICKLE ELIGIBILITY AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION
ACWDL 22-32November 30, 2022Amendment Required for 2019 Medi-Cal Privacy and Security Agreement (PSA)
ACWDL 22-33December 21, 2022MEDI-CAL REDETERMINATION PROCESS (Reference: All County Welfare Directors Letters 14-05, 14-18, 14-22,14-32, 14-35, 14-38, 14-41, 15-27, 15-32, 16-16, 16-18, 17-26, 17-32, 17-35, 18-12, 18-16, 18-24, 19-03, 19-17E, 20-17, 20-21, 21-12, 21-22,21-24, 21-27, 22-01, 22-09 (Obsolete) , 22-13, and 22-20; Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letters I 14-60, I 19-08, and I 20-39)
ACWDL 22-34December 22, 2022FEDERAL PUBLIC CHARGE RULE