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Revision 12-2; Effective June 1, 2012
When taking an application, designated staff complete Application Registration. Applications are tracked using TIERS and Data Mart reports.
When the application is for a person who is younger than 65 and has never had a disability determination, the eligibility specialist must pend for Disability on the Disability – Details page and run Eligibility Determination and Benefit Calculation (EDBC) to override the application due date default of 45 days. The application due date will be 90 days from the file date. If the application is not pended appropriately, the application will be delinquent in 45 days.
Sometimes an application cannot be certified before the 45th/90th day. In these cases complete Form H1215, Report of Delay in Certification, and submit the form for approval. Once approval for the delay is received, send Form H1247, Notice of Delay in Certification, to the applicant and the facility administrator. Enter appropriate information in TIERS to initiate the delay in certification.
Note: Do not send Form H1247 if certification is delayed because Home and Community-Based Services waiver services are pending. No notification is required for those cases because services have not yet begun.
Applications for which delay-in-certification procedures have been followed are excluded from the delinquent count in timeliness reports. However, the exclusion is only for a specific period of time, as follows:
- Applications for persons age 65 or older are excluded for 135 days (45 + 90-day extension); however, if the application is still pending on the 136th day, it will be counted as delinquent.
- Applications for persons under age 65 who have never had a disability determination are excluded for 180 days (90 days + 90-day extension); however, if the application is still pending on the 181st day, it will be counted as delinquent.
Applications that cannot be certified within the normal 45/90-day limit, plus the 90-day extension, must be denied. A new application will be necessary to reconsider eligibility.
TIERS Delay Reasons Drop-down
- 30-day consecutive requirement not met
- Medical necessity decision is pending
- Level of care decision is pending
- Disability determination pending
- Home and Community-Based Services waiver services pending
- Nursing facility pending certification
- New resource/information received after 30th day
- Resource spend-down
- Miscellaneous
- CC Pending
- Documentation of citizenship and identity
- Legal review of documents