1. A. General. The Administration shall determine eligibility for AHCCCS medical coverage for the following applicants or members using the eligibility criteria and requirements in this Article and Article 3:

   1. 1. A person who is aged, blind, or disabled and does not receive SSI cash; and
   2. 2. A person terminated from the SSI cash program under R9-22-1505.

2. B. Definitions. In addition to definitions contained in A.R.S. § 36-2901, the words and phrases in this Chapter have the following meanings unless the context explicitly requires another meaning:

   “Aged” means a person who is 65 years of age or older as specified in 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)(A).

   “Blind” means a person who has been determined blind by the Department of Economic Security, Disability Determination Services Administration, under 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(2) and 42 CFR 435.530 as of October 1, 2012, which are incorporated by reference and on file with the Administration, and available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: IDCC, 732 N. Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC, 20401. This incorporated by reference contains no future editions or amendments.

   “Disabled” means a person who has been determined disabled by the Department of Economic Security, Disability Determination Services Administration, under 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)(A) through (E) and 42 CFR 435.540 as of October 1, 2012, which are incorporated by reference and on file with the Administration, and available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: IDCC, 732 N. Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20401. This incorporation by reference contains no future editions or amendments.

3. C. Eligibility effective date.

   1. 1. Eligibility is effective on the first day of the month that all eligibility requirements are met, including the period described under R9-22-303.
   2. 2. The effective date of eligibility for an applicant who moves into Arizona is no sooner than the date Arizona residency is established.
   3. 3. The effective date of eligibility for an inmate applying for medical coverage is the date the applicant no longer meets the definition of an inmate of a public institution.

Historical Note

New Section adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 294, effective January 8, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 4593, effective October 1, 2001 (Supp. 01-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 5123, effective January 3, 2004 (Supp. 03-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 23, effective December 9, 2003 (Supp. 03-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 4588, effective October 12, 2004 (Supp. 04-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 4942, effective December 31, 2005 (Supp. 05-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 192, effective January 7, 2014 (Supp. 14-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 3309, effective November 30, 2013 (Supp. 13-4). Section amended by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 192, with an immediate effective date of January 7, 2014; amendments to this Section were slated to be codified in Supp. 14-1 but due to a clerical error, were not published. The amendments to this Section were published in Supp. 20-4 and no additional amendments have been made to this Section since January 7, 2014 (Supp. 20-4).