Section 14005.30.

(a) (1) Medi-Cal benefits under this chapter shall be provided to individuals eligible for services under Section 1396u-1 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(b) (1) When determining eligibility under this section, an applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources shall be determined, counted, and valued in accordance with the requirements of Section 1396a(e)(14) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the ACA.

(2) When determining eligibility under this section, an applicant's or beneficiary's assets shall not be considered and deprivation shall not be a requirement for eligibility.

(c) For purposes of calculating income under this section during any calendar year, increases in social security benefit payments under Title II of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 401 et seq.) arising from cost-of-living adjustments shall be disregarded commencing in the month that these social security benefit payments are increased by the cost-of-living adjustment through the month before the month in which a change in the federal poverty level requires the department to modify the income disregard pursuant to subdivision (c) and in which new income limits for the program established by this section are adopted by the department.

(d) The MAGI-based income eligibility standard applied under this section shall conform with the maintenance of effort requirements of Sections 1396a(e)(14) and 1396a(gg) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the ACA.

(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)  "ACA" means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as originally enacted and as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) and any subsequent amendments.

(2) "MAGI-based income" means income calculated using the financial methodologies described in Section 1396a(e)(14) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) and any subsequent amendments.

(f) This section shall be implemented only if and to the extent that federal financial participation is available and any necessary federal approvals have been obtained.

(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.

(Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)