MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM- SECTION 0300- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW


210-RICR-10-00-1 INACTIVE RULE EMERGENCY RULE

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Title 210 Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Chapter 10 EOHHS General Provisions
Subchapter 00 General Provisions
Part 1 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM- SECTION 0300- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 01/01/2013 to 05/01/2013

Regulation Authority:

RIGL 40-8; TITLE XIX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

Purpose and Reason:

The Medical Assistance rules are amended to reflect the following: the amount of allowable home equity interest has been increased for individuals seeking eligibility for Medical Assistance nursing facility services or other long-term care services from $525,000 to $536,000. In addition, the amount of the equity value of the life estate of an institutionalized individual that can be considered an excluded resource has increased from $526,000 to $536,000.

Brief statement of Reason for Finding Imminent Peril:

To prevent beneficiaries from being wrongly deprived of benefits needed for their support.