California Department of Social Services - State Hearings
Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - June 12, 2000
| Item 00-06-01D CDHS ACWDL 00-12 -- March 14, 2000 (Synopsis): Settlement of the Rocio R. v. Belshe case |
Settlement of the Rocio R. v. Belshe case
Under the terms of the settlement in Rocio R., the CDHS may not seek repayment of Medi-Cal benefits that were legitimately received. A federal court issued an order pursuant to the settlement that required the CDHS to send a letter to immigrants whom DHS had advised by an earlier letter that they owed CDHS money for Medi-Cal benefits received. This more recent letter advised that the initial letter was wrong and that persons who received the initial letter did not have to repay CDHS for Medi-Cal benefits received.
The more recent letter also instructed such persons that they could get a refund for any money paid to DHS since March 19, 1996 until the present in response to the initial letter.