10A NCAC 71P .0502. PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION

(a)  Special assistance shall not be authorized prior to the month of application.

(b)  If SSI approval is not pending, and the worker disposes of an application after the month of application, special assistance may be authorized as much as two months prior to the month of disposition.

(c)  If SSI approval has been pending, special assistance may be authorized retroactive to the month SSI was approved, if the applicant was in domiciliary care and had applied for special assistance that month.

(d)  If an applicant enters domiciliary care, or meets the North Carolina residency requirement for Special Assistance, after the first day of the month, he shall be eligible only for a partial payment for that month from the date of entry, or the date he meets the residency requirement, to the end of the month.  The payment shall be computed without considering income, disregard, deductions or exemption.

(e)  If a recipient's level of care is determined to no longer be domiciliary and a bed is not readily available under the Medicaid Program, special assistance shall continue until a bed at the appropriate level of care is located.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 108A-41(b); G.S. 143B‑153;

Eff. January 1, 1983;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1988;

Temporary Amendment Eff. October 28, 1997;

Amended Eff. April 1, 1999.