Medical Disability Coverage

[caligirl2]

My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California

Can you collect medical disability from one state and then due to financial hardships move to another state and still collect ????

Thanks so much for you help!!!

[cbg]

Let me see if I understand the question properly.

You are asking if you can collect SDI from the state of California, even after moving to, say, Arizona?

[caligirl2]

yes, that is correct.

my husband has colon cancer and we simply cannot afford california with 2 kids anymore.

thanks : )

[cbg]

I couldn't find anything that specifically addressed the question one way or the other, but you might be able to find more information here: https://eapply4ui.edd.ca.gov/eddcomm...rmEDDCOMM.aspx

[caligirl2]

I couldn't either, so I will check out the link...Thanks for trying!!!

[cbg]

Best wishes to your husband for a full recovery!

[caligirl2]

Thank You Very Much!!!

I should clarify its known as Ca State Disability Insurance (SDI) it is for a one year period.

[caligirl2]

Okay, after many hours of searching on the internet I found the answer....NO you cannot still receive SDI when you move from CA to another state. It must be a CA state dr who authorizes it....which of course makes sense.

Now...does anyone know if you can move to another state, say AZ and find a new dr. (which is referred by CA dr) and claim disability in that state????

Thanks so much !!!

[PattyPA]

Only 5 states have mandatory disability--CA, NY, NJ, RI, Puerto Rico (ok, so PR isn't a state, but you get the picture).

[cbg]

You missed HI. It's five states plus Puerto Rico.

So before the question even came up, you would have to be moving to a state which had such a program in the first place.