Section 110.32  Initial Authorization of Medical Assistance (MAG)

Medical Assistance (MAG) (for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled and Aid to Families with Dependant Children) and medical assistance for General Assistance clients determined by the Department to be disabled shall be authorized, dependent on the specific case situation, effective:

a)         The first day of the month of application, providing the client was eligible that month, or

b)         The first day of the month of initial eligibility subsequent to the month of application, or

c)         The first day of each month within the 3 months prior to the date of application.  The applicant must be both categorically and financially eligible for the month or months for which medical need has been established.  The months of retroactive medical eligibility may be noncontinuous.

(Source:  Amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 15053, effective October 17, 1995)