The following describes the State’s Medicaid program:
               
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                           Name of Administering State Agency 
 
 
Department of Health Care Services, Medi-Cal
               
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                           Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Determinations 
 
 
SSA makes determinations for SSI recipients and recipients of mandatory minimum and
                  optional State supplementary payments. The State makes determinations for all other
                  groups.
               
               
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                           Additional Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Questions 
 
 
SSA obtains answers to the question regarding third party coverage on the SSI application
                  and at all redeterminations.
               
               SSA does not obtain answers to the question regarding unpaid medical expenses. (See
                  “Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Referrals” below.)
               
               
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                           Field Office Instructions
 Provide the following information to the SSI claimants:
 
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                                    1.  
                                       Their SSI applications serve also as applications for Medicaid; 
 
 
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                                       They will receive notice regarding their Medicaid eligibility from the State; and 
 
 
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                                    3.  
                                       A denial of their SSI claim does not necessarily preclude Medicaid eligibility if
                                          they can meet the requirements of any Medicaid coverage group.
                                        
 
 
 
 
 
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                           Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Referrals 
 
 
While SSA is not required to ask the question regarding unpaid medical expenses on
                  behalf of the State, SSA should tell claimants that the Medicaid (Medi-Cal) program
                  may pay for unpaid medical expenses and refer them to the Medicaid (Medi-Cal) office.
               
               When SSA does not make determinations of eligibility for Medicaid, refer those SSI
                  claimants to the Department of Health Care Services office for determination of eligibility
                  for Medicaid (Medi-Cal). Refer to regional supplements for any additional referral
                  instructions.