- (1) All persons under twenty-one (21) years of age except SOBRA adult eligibles who have been certified as being eligible for Medicaid are eligible for the EPSDT program.
- (2) Alabama Medicaid Agency assigns Medicaid identification numbers and issues plastic Medicaid eligibility cards to persons eligible for benefits.
- (3) In providing services and filing a claim for medical payment, it is required that a person be eligible in the month in which the service is rendered.
- (4) Alabama Medicaid Agency Administrative Code, Chapter One, General, contains information about the identification of Medicaid recipients.
Author: Laurie McEnery
Statutory Authority: Title XIX, Social Security Act; State Plan; 42 C.F.R. §441.50; OBRA '89 §6403.
History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended: Effective June 8, 1985. Emergency rule effective December 1, 1986. Amended: Effective March 12, 1987. Emergency rule effective October 1, 1990. Amended: Effective February 13, 1991; January 13, 1993.