Volume 42 - Issue 26 - June 29, 2023

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment
Division of Health Care Finance

Permanent Administrative Regulation

Article 6.—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM—CLIENTS’ ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION

129-6-35. Application process. (a)(1) An application for medical assistance shall be submitted by an applicant, an adult who is in the applicant’s household or family, or another person authorized to act on the applicant’s behalf.

(2) Each application on behalf of a deceased applicant shall be submitted by one of the following individuals:

(A) A parent of the decedent if the decedent is a minor;

(B) the surviving spouse of the decedent;

(C) an adult child of the decedent;

(D) an adult in the decedent’s tax household; or

(E) an executor or administrator, including temporary, of the decedent’s estate.

(b)(1) An application for medical assistance shall be submitted using a department-approved form. The applicant or person authorized to act on behalf of the applicant shall sign the application. Electronic signatures, including telephonically recorded signatures, and handwritten signatures transmitted by any other means of electronic transmission shall be acceptable. If any person signs by mark, the names and addresses of two witnesses shall be required. Each application on behalf of a deceased person shall be made within three months of the month of the person’s death.

(2) Whenever assistance is requested for a family member following approval of assistance for other family members, the month of application for that family member shall be the month of the request, if all other eligibility requirements are met.

(3) Each application shall be submitted electronically on the state’s application web site or the federally facilitated exchange web site, by telephone, in person, by mail, by electronic mail, or by fax.

(c)(1) For each application submitted online, the date of receipt of the application shall be the date the application is received from the state’s application web site or the date the application is transmitted from the federally facilitated exchange web site.

(2) If the department denies an application within 90 days of the department’s receipt of a signed application for medical assistance that is dependent upon a finding of disability and the applicant reapplies or provides required information within this 90-day period, the application shall be reactivated. If the department denies any other signed application within 45 days of the department’s receipt of the application and the applicant reapplies or provides required information within this 45-day period, the application shall be reactivated. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,254 and 75-7403; effective, T-129-10-31-13, Nov. 1, 2013; effective Feb. 28, 2014; amended July 14, 2023.)

Janet Stanek
Secretary
Department of Health and Environment

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