Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1744 - COVERAGE OF MEDICARE PREMIUMS
Subchapter 2 - SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI)
Section 17-1744-4 - Effective date of medicare part B (SMI) premium coverage

(a) For financial assistance applicants who are aged, blind, disabled or AFDC- related and are also SMI enrollees, the effective date of SMI premium coverage, through buy-in enrollment, shall be the first month for which financial assistance is approved.

(b) For supplemental security income (SSI) beneficiaries who are approved for medical assistance only and are SMI enrollees, the effective date of SMI premium coverage, through the buy-in process, shall be the effective date of medical assistance coverage.

(c) For applicants newly approved for medical assistance only under federally funded assistance groups with the exception of QMBs, SLMBs, and QDWIs, the effective date of coverage of SMI premiums shall be the first day of the second month after the month in which eligibility for medical assistance is determined.

(d) For all aged, blind, disabled, and AFDC-related recipients of financial or medical assistance, who subsequently become eligible for SMI, the effective date of coverage of SMI premiums through the buy-in process shall be the effective date of SMI coverage.