480-5        SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

480-5 A.   SUSPENSION

If a recipient becomes ineligible for assistance, and it appears that the period of ineligibility will not exceed three benefit months, the APA case will be suspended.  A period of suspension may not exceed three months.  Assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if eligibility is again found to exist at any time during the suspension period, or for the month following the suspension period.

During a suspension period, a recipient may sometimes remain eligible for Medicaid even though he or she is not eligible for an APA payment.  Medicaid eligibility exists for any month(s) during a period of suspension in which the recipient continues to receive an SSI payment.  This is true even if the Social Security Administration later determines that the recipient was not eligible for the SSI payment.  See Medicaid MS 5510.

480-5 B.   TERMINATION

If a recipient becomes ineligible for assistance and it appears that the period of ineligibility will exceed three months, or is of uncertain or indefinite duration, APA assistance will be terminated.  The individual must reapply for assistance on DPA form GEN #50 and provide any other necessary documentation and/or verification to again become eligible for assistance.