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Social Services: MEDI-CAL <page
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Eligibilty
In order to qualify for MEDI-CAL, you must fall into one of the following
categories:
- The Public Assistance (PA) category includes persons that are aged
(65 years old or older), blind, or disabled and are receiving Supplemental
Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP). If you fall under
this category, you automatically become eligible for MEDI-CAL and may
request your Benefits Identification Card (a plastic card with blue lettering)
from your local Social Security district office. Persons receiving AFDC
(Aid to Families with Dependent Children) may also be entitled to MEDI-CAL
benefits.
- The Medically Needy (MN) category includes persons that are 65 or older,
blind, disabled, and those that meet the family circumstances required
for AFDC (minor children who are needy and do not have the support or
care of one parent because of his/her absence, death, incapacity, or unemployment).
MN people do not receive a cash grant because they have too much income
or property or do not want a cash grant.
- Medically Indigent includes pregnant women who have no connections
to a PA program (AFDC), refugees in the country 12 months or less, or
a person age 21-65 in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care
facility. Persons under 21 years of age, including those in foster care
whose needs are met by public funds, children who qualify for the State-only
Aid for Adoption of Children and certain other children not living with
a parent or relative may also be included in the MI group.
- Special Programs also make certain populations eligible for MEDI-CAL.
These include pregnant women, children, and refugees. In addition, Congress
passed a law in 1986 which granted amnesty to aliens who previously did
not have the right to remain in the US. Therefore, if you are an amnesty
alien and also blind, disabled, under age 18, or age 65 and older, you
may receive restricted MEDI-CAL benefits during the first five years of
your legalization.
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