Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

• No statutes or acts will be found at this website.

The Pennsylvania Bulletin website includes the following: Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; State agency notices; the Governor’s Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; and Statewide and local court rules.

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 14-1844

NOTICES

Chronic Renal Disease Program Income Criteria

[44 Pa.B. 5733]
[Saturday, August 30, 2014]

 The Department of Health (Department) provides notice of intent to implement the following income criteria for the Chronic Renal Disease Program (Program), effective October 1, 2014.

Income

 New Program applicants must have an annual income of 0% to 300% of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines (FPIG) as published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Federal Register and any revisions thereto (to the extent services are not covered by Medical Assistance). Current enrollees must meet the same eligibility criteria at the time of renewal as new applicants. A Patient Share of Cost will be applied on a sliding scale to applicants with an annual income of 185% to 300% of the FPIG as published by the HHS in the Federal Register and any revisions thereto. Applicants must submit their Federal 1040 tax return from the prior calendar year to verify annual income. If no Federal 1040 tax return was filed, other supporting documentation of annual income is required.

 Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Carolyn S. Cass, Director, Bureau of Family Health, Division of Child and Adult Health Services, 7th Floor East Health and Welfare Building, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 772-2762, or for a speech and/or hearing impaired persons call V/TT (717) 783-6514, or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service (800) 654-5984. Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this document (for example, large print, audio tape or Braille) should contact Carolyn S. Cass to make the necessary arrangements.

MICHAEL WOLF, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1844. Filed for public inspection August 29, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]


No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.

This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.