Section 630.150 Eligibility for Services

Section 630

Section 630.150  Eligibility

for Services

a)         It is intended that persons receiving services through the

projects be those who are financially unable to provide required medical care

for themselves.

b)         Services shall be made available:

1)         Without any requirement for legal residence except that the

patient is currently living in the area served by the program, or if outside by

special permission of the project director.

2)         Upon referral from any source including the patient's own

application.

3)         Without regard to age, handicap, sex, race, religion,

nationality, ethnic background, or marital status.

4)         To certain categories of patient who reside outside the

geographic area served by the project such as school age pregnant girls or

migrants who may require and seek services rendered by the project.  Program

patients who move to a neighborhood outside of the project's geographic

boundary may continue in the project if the program director considers this in

the patient's best interest.

5)         Documentation of spenddown or denial of Public Aid eligibility

for reasons other than failure to comply with Public Aid processes must be

maintained in the case file for covered services.