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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.14.02.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="02" heading="Patient Eligibility.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To be eligible to have a covered service reimbursed under the Program, an applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be a resident;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be screened for breast cancer or cervical cancer, or both, by a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Hospital;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Local health department; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Health care provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be found to have an eligible medical condition as described in §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Meet the health insurance criteria specified in §C of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Meet the financial eligibility criteria of an annual gross income that is not more than 250 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, as amended, which are incorporated by reference and updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Receive a medical service only from participating health care providers for breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer treatment, cervical cancer diagnosis, or cervical cancer or precancer treatment, or any combination of these services.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A medical condition which may render an applicant medically eligible includes the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A mammogram, or breast ultrasound, or other diagnostic breast imaging requiring further diagnosis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A clinical breast examination requiring further diagnosis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A Pap test, or human papilloma virus test, or other approved cervical cancer screening test requiring further diagnosis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A breast biopsy which indicates the need for further diagnosis or treatment; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A cervical biopsy which indicates the need for further diagnosis or treatment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Health insurance statuses which may render an applicant eligible include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant is not currently covered by health insurance, including Medical Assistance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The applicant is covered by Medicare which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Does not provide reimbursement for the covered medical procedure or service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has a deductible for the year that has not been met; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Has a patient contribution amount for the reimbursed medical procedure or service that the applicant is required to pay; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The applicant has health insurance other than Medical Assistance or Medicare which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Does not provide reimbursement for the covered medical procedure or service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Requires that a deductible be paid by the applicant for the covered medical procedure or service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Reimburses at a rate lower than the Medical Assistance approved rate in the State; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Has a patient contribution amount for the reimbursed medical procedure or service that the applicant is required to pay;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The applicant is enrolled in one of the following Medical Assistance programs:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Family Planning;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Primary Adult Care (PAC);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An applicant is not eligible if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant is enrolled in a Medical Assistance program other than those listed in §C(4) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>During diagnosis or treatment of breast or cervical cancer, the applicant becomes enrolled in a Medical Assistance program other than those cited in §C(4) of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any of the criteria established in §§A—D of this regulation are not met.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An applicant is responsible for the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Furnishing factual information regarding the applicant’s eligibility, including but not limited to verifying documents regarding financial eligibility and the applicability of health insurance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Completing, which may include the applicant providing the applicant's social security number, and signing the application form, provided that the Program informs the applicant that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The applicant's disclosure of the applicant's social security number on the application is voluntary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Program's request for the applicant's social security number is authorized by federal law under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c), as amended); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The applicant's social security number will be used only for the Program's administrative purposes; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Completing and submitting a Medical Assistance application when notified by the Program that the applicant is considered potentially eligible.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Social Security Number Collection.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant is not required to have or disclose a social security number to be eligible for Program benefits.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An applicant's disclosure of the applicant's social security number on the application form is voluntary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Program's request for the applicant's social security number is authorized by federal law under the Social Security Act at 42 U.S.C. §405(c)(2)(C)(i) and (vi), as amended.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Program may only use the social security number provided by an applicant to establish the identity of the applicant for administrative purposes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Program may request a copy of an applicant's social security card for administrative purposes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>An eligible patient is responsible for the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Keeping the Program, local health department, hospital, or health care provider who determines the patient’s eligibility for the Program informed of any change in health insurance status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Selecting and using only a participating health care provider; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Signing the release of patient information form for the Program developed and approved by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>