​​​1997 All County Welfare Director's Letters 

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• ACWDL 97-01 (January 3, 1997)
  Policy Clarification Regarding Form MC 306, Appointment of Representative
• ACWDL 97-02 (January 13, 1997)
  Participation of Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program Children in Medi-Cal Managed Care
• ACWDL 97-03 (February 6, 1997)
  Further Policy Clarification Regarding Form MC 306, Appointment of Representative
• ACWDL 97-04 (February 12, 1997)
  Outstationed Eligibility Worker (EW) Program Petitions and Reporting Update
• ACWDL 97-05 (February 26, 1997)
  Recent Changes in Federal Law Regarding Possible Criminal Penalties for Transfers Which Result in an Imposed Period of Ineligibility for Nursing Facility Level of Care
• ACWDL 97-05E (September 14, 2018)
  Errata to All County Welfare Directors' Letter No. 97-05
• ACWDL 97-06 (February 18, 1997)
  Residency of Holders of Border Crossing Cards and Temporary Visas
• ACWDL 97-07 (February 27, 1997)
  1997 Statewide Average Private Pay Rate (APPR) for Nursing Facility Services
• ACWDL 97-08 (February 28, 1997)
  Continued Medi-Cal Benefits for Legal Immigrants Residing in California Prior to August 22, 1996
• ACWDL 97-09 (March 17, 1997)
  All County Welfare Directors Letter (ACWDL) No. 96-73 - Voluntary Declaration of Paternity
• ACWDL 97-10 (March 26, 1997)
  Mass Mailing Letter to Aid Codes 03 and 04 Eligible for Health Insurance Identification

• ACWDL 97-11 (March 25, 1997)
  New Federal Poverty Levels, Effective April 1, 1997
• ACWDL 97-12 Not Available
• ACWDL 97-13 (April 3, 1997)
  Quarterly Status Report (ASR) MC 176
• ACWDL 97-14 (April 8, 1997)
  Cancellation of Medi-Cal Eligibility Regulation Manual Letter No. 016 -- Article 7, Section 50302.1
• ACWDL 97-15 (April 24, 1997)
  New Instructions to the Counties Regarding Pickle Grandfathered Beneficiaries
• ACWDL 97-16 (April 24, 1997)
  Discontinuance of the "Three Out of Four" Test When Coding Other Health Coverage Information on the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System
• ACWDL 97-17 (April 30, 1997)
  Unemployed Parent Deprivation Changes
• ACWDL 97-18 (May 12, 1997)
  Application of Spousal Impoverishment Rules to Medi-Cal Eligible Spouses Enrolled in Programs for the All Inclusive Care of the Elderly
• ACWDL 97-19 (May 11, 1997)
  Medicare Paragraph in the DHS 7025 (1/97), English and Spanish
• ACWDL 97-20 (May 15, 1997)
  Verification of Identity

• ACWDL 97-21 (May 20, 1997)
  Change of Status-Liens-Forms DHS 7013.  Property Lien Referral - Form DHS 7014
• ACWDL 97-22 (May 30, 1997)(PDF, 3.45MB)
  Elimination of State-Only Funded Non-emergency Pregnancy-Related Services for Certain Aliens Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193)
• ACWDL 97-23 (June 5, 1997)
  Processing Former Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) "No Longer Disabled" Recipients Who Have Pending Social Security Administration (SSA)/SSI Appeals
• ACWDL 97-24 (June 10, 1997)
  Current Revisions to the DHS 7021 (2/97) Form and Instructions
• ACWDL 97-25 (June 10, 1997)
  Bank Account Numbers
• ACWDL 97-26 (June 13, 1997)
  Unemployed Parent Deprivation Changes/Questions and Answers
• ACWDL 97-27 (June 20, 1997)
  The Severely Impaired Working Individual Program
• ACWDL 97-28 (June 23, 1997)(PDF, 3.73MB)
  Processing Former Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) "No Longer Disabled" Recipients, Including the Drug Addicted and/or Alcoholic (DA&A) and Medically Needy Only (MNO)-Disabled DA&A Beneficiaries
• ACWDL 97-29 (June 23, 1997)
  Implementation Instructions for New Minor Consent Aid Codes
• ACWDL 97-30 (Junly 8, 1997)
  All County Welfare Directors letter Nos. 96-73, 97-08, and E-Mail 97043

• ACWDL 97-31 (July 22, 1997)
  1997-1998 Family-Member Maximum Base Allocation Amount
• ACWDL 97-32 (July 28, 1997)
  Definition of Continuous Period of Institutionalization
• ACWDL 97-33 (August 5, 1997)
  Medi-Cal Family Budget Unit (MFBU) and Stepparent Cases
• ACWDL 97-34 (August 5, 1997)
  New Rates for Qualified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB)/Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB)
• ACWDL 97-35 (August 29, 1997)
  Disabled Widow(er)s Coordinators Lists, Address, and Report File and Tuberculosis Coordinator Lists
• ACWDL 97-36 (September 19, 1997)
  Form Revisions: Sneede V. Kizer and Stepparent Computation
• ACWDL 97-37 (October 3, 1997)
  Unemployed Parent Deprivation Changes/Questions and Answers
• ACWDL 97-38 (October 13, 1997)
  New Contract Job Opportunities with the Department of Health Services (DHS)
• ACWDL 97-39 (October 13, 1997)
  Property Limit Exclusions for Specialized Adaptive Equipment Required by Medi-Cal Applicants and Recipients Because of Their Disabilities or Their Children's Disabilities
• ACWDL 97-40 (October 14, 1997)
  Former Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) "No Longer Disabled" Children

• ACWDL 97-41 (October 24, 1997)(PDF, 3.04MB)
  Settlement in the Case of Principe V. Belshe' - regarding Retroactive Spenddown of Excess Property on Medical Expenses
• ACWDL 97-42 (October 30, 1997)(PDF, 2.13MB)
  Qualified and Not Qualified Aliens: Identification and Tracking Requirements
• ACWDL 97-43 (October 30, 1997)
  Various Issues Related to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) No Longer Disabled/Blind Cases
• ACWDL 97-44 (November 17, 1997)
  Medi-Cal Eligibility for Individuals in Public Institutions
• ACWDL 97-45 (November 17, 1997)
  Two New Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) Programs at 135 Percent and 175 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level
• ACWDL 97-46 (November 17, 1997)
  California Partnership for Long-Term Care Newsletter
• ACWDL 97-47 (November 18, 1997)
  1998 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (MCCA) Spousal Impoverishment Caps
• ACWDL 97-48 (November 18, 1997)
  Second Contact, Request for Verification and/or Additional Information Requirement
• ACWDL 97-49 (November 18, 1997)
  Implementation of a New Aid Code 6P for the Medi-Cal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act No Long Disabled Children Group (PRWORA NLDC).
• ACWDL 97-50 (November 18, 1997)
  Revised State Medicare Buy-In Problem Report

• ACWDL 97-51 (November 26, 1997)
  All County Welfare Directors Letter (ACWDL) No. 97-42, EMC2 #97128, EMC2 #97129
• ACWDL 97-52 (November 26, 1997)
  January 1998 Tuberculosis (TB) Income Standard and Related Issues
• ACWDL 97-53 (November 30, 1997)
  Elimination of State-Owned Funded Non-emergency Pregnancy-Related Services for Certain Aliens Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193); Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1997 (BBA)
• ACWDL 97-54 (December 1, 1997)
  State-Programs Disability Evaluation Division (SP-DED) Name Change
• ACWDL 97-55 (December 1, 1997)
  New Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP) Payment Standards for November and December 1997
• ACWDL 97-56 (December 8, 1997)
  E-Mail Number 97130, Dated October 23, 1997
• ACWDL 97-57 (December 8, 1997)
  Redetermination of Benefits
• ACWDL 97-58 (December 8, 1997)
  Change of Status -- Liens - Form DHS 7013 (9/97), Property Lien Referral - Form DHS 7014 (8/97), Resource Verification Questionnaire - Form MC176R (12/87)
• ACWDL 97-59 (December 8, 1997)
  The 1998 Qualified Medicare Beneficiary/Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (QMB/SLMB) Standard and Parental Allocation
• ACWDL 97-60 (December 10, 1997)
  Lynch V. Rank Annual Stuffer, 1997

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• ACWDL 97-61 (December 10, 1997)
  Mailing Address for Medi-Cal Special Children's Program and Pregnant Woman Applications
• ACWDL 97-62 (December 10, 1997)
  Form Revisions: Sneede V. Kizer
• ACWDL 97-63 (December 8, 1997)
  January 1998 Social Security Title II and Title SVI Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and Related Issues
• ACWDL 97-64 (December 19, 1997)
  Child/Medical Support/Paternity Declaration
• ACWDL 97-65 (December 23, 1997)
  Lynch V. Rank (Pickle) - Tickler System
• ACWDL 97-66 (December 23, 1997)
  Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP) Recipients Discontinued Effective January 1998 (Lynch v. Rank) -- 503 Leads
• ACWDL 97-67 (December 30, 1997)
  Payments for Children of Vietnam Veterans Who are Born with Spina Bifida​