is currently included on the waiting list for a waiver program specified in subdivision (a) and transfers out of state with the military service member on official military orders, the dependent child or spouse shall retain their place on the waiting list for the applicable waiver program if the child or spouse

subsequently reestablishes residence in this state. The dependent child’s or spouse’s place on the waiting list shall advance as the waiting list advances during the time they are out of the state.

(A) In order for the place on the waiting

list to be saved after the dependent child or spouse leaves the state, the dependent child or spouse shall notify the department or its designee that they are leaving the state due to the military service member’s transfer orders and that they are requesting to remain on the waiver program’s waiting list.

(B) While the dependent child or spouse resides out of state and is in the first place on the waiver program’s waiting list, and has not informed the department or its designee that the military service member has received official military orders to relocate back to the state, waiver applicants with places farther down the waiting list shall continue to be processed for intake into the waiver program without regard to the dependent child’s or spouse’s place on the waiting list.

(C) If a dependent child or spouse who is on the waiver program’s waiting list informs the department

or its designee that the military service member has received official military orders to return to the state and that the dependent child or spouse would like to enroll in the waiver program, the department or its designee shall take action on the dependent child’s or spouse’s waiver program application in accordance with their place on the waiver program’s waiting list.

with the military service member on official military orders, and then returns to the state with the military service member on official military orders, the dependent child or spouse shall be reenrolled in the applicable waiver program if there is an open slot in the waiver program, or shall be placed in the first place on the waiver program’s waiting list if there is no open slot in the waiver program, subject to the dependent child or spouse meeting all of the following conditions:

(ii) If more than three years have passed since the dependent child or spouse

left the waiver program, they shall apply for reenrollment in the waiver program using the standard waiver program enrollment form for that waiver program.

(iii) The dependent child or spouse shall follow the regular Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment processes to obtain Medi-Cal enrollment.

state with that military service member may submit the individual’s application

to enroll in that waiver program as soon as the military service member receives official military orders to transfer to this state and before moving to this state. A copy of the order shall be submitted with the application for the Medi-Cal program and the applicable waiver program. The department or its designee may work with the dependent child or spouse, or their family, prior to their actual relocation to the state in order to evaluate the waiver program application with the goal of having medically necessary waiver program services in place as soon as possible when the family relocates to the state.

waiver program while the dependent child or spouse is transferred to, and living, out of state with the military service member, or has not yet transferred to this state.

may seek amendments to the waiver programs specified in subdivision (a), or take other action, as necessary to implement this section.