| TO: | ALL COUNTY OFFICES |
| FROM: | JANEL R. LUCK, DIRECTOR |
| SUBJECT: | FAMIS FAMILY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ROLLOUT TO COUNTIES |
DISCUSSION:
Rollout of Family Medical Assistance in FAMIS is scheduled to begin on May 21, 2007. To assure the new FAMIS model is implemented in a stable environment, it is imperative that no Family Medical Assistance applications or cases be taken or converted to FAMIS outside the rollout schedule. The exceptions are:
- the case is in one of the pilot counties—Howell, Texas, Wright, Benton, Pettis, or Saline;
- the EU was converted into FAMIS and moved out of the county;
- the EU moves to a converted county;
- an EU in another county is adding a person who was already converted in FAMIS; or
- the application or case is assigned to a new eligibility specialist whose basic training for Family Medical Assistance programs was in FAMIS.
NOTE: New eligibility specialists should only take applications in FAMIS and should not convert cases unless they need to do so in connection with an application or case already in FAMIS.
State Office staff will monitor the Manual Conversion List (MCL) daily to assure Family Medical Assistance cases that should not be converted are not converted into FAMIS ahead of the rollout schedule.
NECESSARY ACTION:
- Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.