STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:  MC #66

MANUAL:  Family Medicaid (MAGI) program

DATE:  November 1, 2015

We are making several changes to incorporate new policy and clarify existing policy.  

Changes are due to Alaska becoming a determination state with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace or are technical in nature.

Highlights of these policy revisions are described below. If you have any questions please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

5000-1 History of Medicaid

• Removed “without dependent children’ from explanation of the Expansion Group to correct definition of the Expansion Group.

• Made grammar edits for ease of understanding manual section.

5005 Application and Review Process

• Removed paragraph stating that if an individual withdraws an application in writing, DPA must reinstate the application if requested by the individual within 90 days of the application filing date.  Starting November 1, 2015, Alaska is a determination state with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.  Due to this change, this section no longer applies.

5706  Expansion Group

• Updated the gross monthly income limits for Newly and Not-Newly Eligible Expansion Group categories to correct amounts.

5730 Coordination with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace

• Removed the dates of the end of the 2015 Federally Facilitated Marketplace open enrollment as the dates of open enrollment period differ year to year.  The dates are replaced with ‘the end of open enrollment.’

5730 A. Applications Submitted through the FFM

• Updated the section as starting November 1, 2015, Alaska is changing from the assessment state to the determination state with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.

5730 B. Applications Submitted Through DPA

• Updated the language in this subsection to the low income tax credit as the APTC Advanced Premium Tax Credit to follow FFM Federally Facilitated Marketplace terminology..