1. (a) Medicare Buy-In is the payment of Medicare Part B premiums by the Department under the California Medicare Buy-In agreement with the Social Security Administration for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are:

   1. (1) Eligible under the SSI/SSP, Other PA or MN program on the basis of age.
   2. (2) Eligible under the SSI/SSP, Other PA or MN program on the basis of blindness or disability and also eligible for Medicare Part B in accordance with section 50775(a).

2. (b) State payment of Part B premiums under the Buy-In provisions shall become effective the:

   1. (1) Second month after the month in which Medi-Cal eligibility is approved for MN persons who were not eligible for a federally covered Medi-Cal program in the month before their first month of MN eligibility.
   2. (2) First month of eligibility for PA and Other PA recipients and MN persons not specified in (1).
   3. (3) The first month after the month of eligibility for qualified Medicare beneficiaries in accordance with Section 50258.
   4. (4) The first month eligibility is approved for Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries in accordance with Section 50258.1.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14005.1 and 14050.1, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Section 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iii), Title 42, United States Code.

History

1. Amendment of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) filed 8-7-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 32).

2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 7-31-81 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 81, No. 33). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 11-28-81.

3. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 11-6-81 and filed 1-27-82 (Register 82, No. 5).

4. Amendment of subsection (b)(1) filed 5-15-90; operative 6-14-90 (Register 90, No. 25).

5. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 8-13-90 as an emergency; operative 8-13-90 (Register 90, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-11-90 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

6. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 12-11-90 and filed 1-9-91 (Register 91, No. 8).

7. New subsection (b)(4) and amendment of subsection (b)(3) and Note filed 12-21-93; operative 1-20-94 (Register 93, No. 52).