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State of California—Health and Human Services Agency Department of Health Care Services MC 017 (06/07) Information Notice WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR MEDI-CAL DISABILITY APPLICATION Should You Apply for Medi-Cal Disability? You should apply if you have a physical or mental condition that makes you unable to work for at least 12 months in a row. Have you applied for and been denied Social Security disability or SSI in the past 12 months? If you have, you must tell your Eligibility Worker. What happens after you have applied? Usually, your disability claim will be sent to the Disability Determination Service Division (DDSD) of the State Department of Social Services. A disability analyst and a medical doctor will evaluate it. Your Eligibility Worker does not have the authority to decide disability. After the DDSD office receives your disability claim, they may contact you to get more information. If you get a letter, do what the letter says. Keep the letter and call the analyst named in the letter if you have questions about your disability claim. The DDSD office may contact you to arrange for a special medical exam. If you are asked to go to an exam, the exam is free to you and will be used to decide if you are disabled. Do not miss or cancel the exam. If you receive letters or phone calls from your disability analyst, answer right away. Tell your doctor(s) they may be contacted and that it will help if they send the requested information quickly. It is important that you quickly report any changes, especially in address or telephone number to your county Eligibility Worker. Your worker will send this information to the disability analyst. If you are homeless, be sure to keep in touch with your Eligibility Worker. Give your worker the phone number and address of a family member, friend, or other person who your worker can contact if you can’t be reached. If it is decided that you are disabled, your county Eligibility Worker will contact you to get current information on your financial situation. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.

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Page 1: What you should know about your medi-cal disability ... · Usted debería solicitarla si tiene alguna condición física o mental que le impide trabajar por lo menos 12 meses seguidos

State of California—Health and Human Services Agency Department of Health Care Services

MC 017 (06/07) Information Notice

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUTYOUR MEDI-CAL DISABILITY APPLICATIONShould You Apply for Medi-Cal Disability?

You should apply if you have a physical or mental condition that makes you unable to work for at least12 months in a row.

Have you applied for and been denied Social Security disability or SSI in the past 12 months? If youhave, you must tell your Eligibility Worker.

What happens after you have applied?

Usually, your disability claim will be sent to the Disability Determination Service Division (DDSD) of the State Department of Social Services. A disability analyst and a medical doctor will evaluate it. Your Eligibility Worker does not have the authority to decide disability.

After the DDSD office receives your disability claim, they may contact you to get more information.If you get a letter, do what the letter says. Keep the letter and call the analyst named in the letterif you have questions about your disability claim.

The DDSD office may contact you to arrange for a special medical exam. If you are asked to goto an exam, the exam is free to you and will be used to decide if you are disabled. Do not miss or cancel the exam.

If you receive letters or phone calls from your disability analyst, answer right away.

Tell your doctor(s) they may be contacted and that it will help if they send the requestedinformation quickly.

It is important that you quickly report any changes, especially in address or telephone number toyour county Eligibility Worker. Your worker will send this information to the disability analyst. Ifyou are homeless, be sure to keep in touch with your Eligibility Worker.

Give your worker the phone number and address of a family member, friend, or other person whoyour worker can contact if you can’t be reached.

If it is decided that you are disabled, your county Eligibility Worker will contact you to get currentinformation on your financial situation. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU PROVIDE THISINFORMATION.

Page 2: What you should know about your medi-cal disability ... · Usted debería solicitarla si tiene alguna condición física o mental que le impide trabajar por lo menos 12 meses seguidos

State of California—Health and Human Services Agency Department of Health Care Services

MC 017 (SP) (06/07) Information Notice

LO QUE USTED DEBERIA SABER ACERCADE SU SOLICITUD PARA MEDI-CAL BASADA EN INCAPACIDAD

¿Deberia Usted Solicitar Medi-Cal Basada en Incapacidad?

Usted debería solicitarla si tiene alguna condición física o mental que le impide trabajar por lo menos12 meses seguidos.

¿Ha solicitado, y se le ha negado incapacidad del Seguro Social o SSI, en los últimos 12 meses? Silo ha hecho, tiene que decírselo a su trabajador(a) de elegibilidad.

¿Que sucede despues que usted haya presentado la solicitud?

Normalmente, se enviará su solicitud para incapacidad a la División de Servicio de Determinaciónde Incapacidad (DDSD) del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Estado. Un analista deincapacidad y un doctor en medicina la evaluarán. Su trabajador de elegibilidad no tiene la autoridad de decidir si usted está incapacitado(a).

Una vez que la oficina de DDSD reciba su solicitud para incapacidad, es posible que ellosse comuniquen con usted para obtener más información. Si recibe una carta, haga lo que le dice la carta. Conserve la carta y llame al analista que se menciona en la carta si tienepreguntas con relación a su solicitud para incapacidad.

La oficina de DDSD posiblemente se ponga en contacto con usted para hacer arreglos para que se haga un examen médico especial. Si le piden que vaya a que le hagan un examen, el examen no le cuesta a usted, y se usará para decidir si está incapacitado(a). No deje de iral examen, ni lo cancele.

Si recibe cartas o llamadas telefónicas de su analista de incapacidad, conteste de inmediato.

Dígale a su doctor(es) que es posible que se pongan en contacto con él, y dígale que ayudarási envía de inmediato la información que se le pida.

Es importante que usted reporte de inmediato cualesquier cambios, especialmente de direccióno de número de teléfono a su trabajador de elegibilidad del condado. Su trabajador enviará estainformación al analista de incapacidad. Si no tiene hogar, asegúrese de mantenerse en contactocon su trabajador de elegibilidad.

Dé a su trabajador el número de teléfono y la dirección de algún pariente, amistad, u otrapersona con quien se pueda poner en contacto su trabajador, para en caso de que no se lepueda localizar a usted.

Si se decide que usted está incapacitado, su trabajador de elegibilidad se comunicará con ustedpara obtener información al corriente sobre su situación económica. ES IMPORTANTE QUEUSTED PROPORCIONE ESTA INFORMACION.