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California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - April 20, 2001

Item 01-04-01A
CDHS ACWDLs 00-64 December 8, 2000, 01-02 January 8, 2001 and 01-25 April 11, 2001 (Synopsis): Elimination of the Quarterly Status Report (QSR)

Elimination of the Quarterly Status Report (QSR)

ACWDL 00-64 states that effective January 1, 2001, the DHS has eliminated the mandatory QSR for Medi-Cal recipients pursuant to Assembly Bill 2877, Chapter 93, Statutes of 2000.

The elimination of the QSR is effective beginning with any QSR that would have been due to be returned to the county as of January 2001. Beginning January 1, 2001, counties may not take any adverse action based upon a QSR that was incomplete or not returned.

Medi-Cal beneficiaries are still required to report, within ten days, any information that may effect Medi-Cal eligibility such as changes in income, property, family composition or other health care coverage.

ACWDL 01-02 states that as of January 1, 2001, the QSR for the second year of the Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC) program has been eliminated because the second year of TMC is a state program.

ACWDL 01-25 explains that the QSR is still required for the first year of TMC. The first year of TMC is a federal program and federal law requires a status report for TMC persons. This ACWDL also provides other questions and answers regarding the elimination of the QSR.