{"id":529,"date":"2025-02-25T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/xixabc0125054\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:26:10","slug":"xixabc0125054","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/rfhd2005\/xixabc0125054\/","title":{"rendered":"rfhd2005\/xixabc0125054 ~  XIXABC-012505.4.doc  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n     <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/rfhd2005\/xixabc0125054.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Decision to close Medical Assistance and TANF benefits<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Social Services  Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dss\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/about.html\">About DSS<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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(See, Exhibits 3-5)\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Appellant filed three (3) requests for a fair hearing. Because the requests were made before the effective date of the action\n\n\n  benefits were continued. (Exhibit 2)\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Appellant was notified by letter dated October 28, 2004, that a fair hearing would be held on December 2, 2004. The hearing was\n\n\n  conducted on that date in New Castle, DE. This is the decision resulting from that hearing.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n  III.\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Ms. Redacted was receiving Medical Assistance and ABC benefits. Ms Redacted was instructed to complete applications for re-determination\n\n\n  and return the applications by September 30, 2004. Those applications were never received by DSS and as of the hearing date, no new\n\n\n  applications were submitted. The Appellant testified that she never received any new applications to be completed; however the DSS worker\n\n\n  testified that those applications were mailed to her.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Appellant argues that she was not aware of how to proceed, and that when she called into her worker after receiving the closure notices,\n\n\n  she was never instructed to complete any new applications. Despite her insistence that she was never instructed to return an application,\n\n\n  the very notices closing her case instruct the Appellant that in order to get benefits she must reapply. She never requested a new\n\n\n  application and never re- applied for benefits.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  DSSM 14100.6 &#8211; Re-determination of Eligibility, mandates that when a re-determination is due, the recipient is required to complete and\n\n\n  return a new DSS application form. Failure to complete and return a DSS application form will result in termination of eligibility. (See\n\n\n  also, DSSM 200 and 200.1).\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Since DSS did not receive the Appellant&#8217;s applications in a timely manner, DSS was correct in its decision to terminate Ms. Redacted\n\n\n  Medicaid and ABC coverage.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n  IV.\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For these reasons, DSS&#8217;s decision to terminate the Appellant&#8217;s Medicaid and ABC benefits is AFFIRMED.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Date: January 25, 2004\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  MICHAEL STEINBERG<br>\n\n\n  HEARING OFFICER\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  THE FOREGOING IS THE FINAL DECISION OF THE DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  POSTED<br>\n\n\n  MLS\/vmd\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  cc<br>\n\n\n  Redacted<br>\n\n\n  John Porch, Pool 120\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  EXHIBITS FILED IN OR FOR THE PROCEEDING\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>EXHIBIT #1- Copy of DSS Fair Hearing Summary consisting of two (2) pages date-stamped October 25, 2004.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>EXHIBIT #2 &#8211; Copy of Appellant&#8217;s requests for fair hearings date-stamped October 14, 2004, consisting of three (3) pages.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>EXHIBIT #3 &#8211; Copy of Notice to Deny Your ABC dated October 5, 2004, consisting of two (2) pages.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>EXHIBIT #4 &#8211; Copy of Notice to Deny Your ABC dated October 5, 2004, consisting of two (2) pages.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>EXHIBIT #5 &#8211; Copy of Notice to Deny Your Medical Assistance dated October 5, 2004, consisting of two (2) pages.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Decision to close Medical Assistance and TANF benefits Social Services Menu Home About About DSS Sections &#038; Programs FAQs Contact Information Office Locations Services ASSIST Cash Assistance General Assistance Refugee Cash Assistance Temporary Assistance (TANF) Food Supplement Program Child Care Income and Eligibility Information Regulations Publications &#038; Forms Reports &#038; Statistics In re: DCIS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":513,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions\/575"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}