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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.09.79.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="79" heading="Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A correctional facility based in Maryland is eligible to participate as a presumptive eligibility entity.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The eligibility worker shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Using the Department’s eligibility verification system, verify the individual is not actively enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Complete the full Medical Assistance application process;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Unless the individual is enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the eligibility worker shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Fill out the presumptive eligibility application based on information supplied by the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Make a presumptive eligibility determination based on the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Residency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Citizenship;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Family size and composition; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Gross family income;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sign the application; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Inform the applicant in writing of the presumptive eligibility determination, which includes an explanation of the presumptive eligibility coverage span.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>In order to ensure the applicant has temporary Medical Assistance coverage, the eligibility worker shall submit the presumptive eligibility application to the Department on the date the application is completed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>After the application has been submitted, the correctional facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Keep all written and signed presumptive eligibility applications on file for 6 years; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Make the file available to the Department on request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>On finding that a qualified correctional facility has failed to meet the requirements of §§A—E of this regulation, the facility shall take reasonable corrective action measures, as determined by the Department, to address the noncompliance.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>