Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 487, Sec. 11. (SB 1384) Effective January 1, 2017.
The State Department of Health Care Services, in determining eligibility for Medi-Cal, and the State Department of Social Services, in determining eligibility for in-home supportive services, shall exclude resources up to, or equal to, the amount of insurance payments or benefits paid by approved and certified long-term care insurance policies or health care service plan contracts which cover long-term care services to the extent that the benefits paid are for all of the following:
(a)In-home supportive services benefits specified in regulations adopted by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 22009, or those services that Medi-Cal approves or benefits that Medi-Cal provides as
specified in regulations adopted by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to Section 22009.
(b)Services delivered to insured individuals at home or in a community setting as part of an individual assessment and case management program provided by coordinating entities designated and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services.
(c)Services the insured individual receives after meeting the disability criteria for eligibility for long-term care benefits established by the State Department of Health Care Services.
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