MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Section 0372 - Special Treatment Coverage Groups
218-3941 INACTIVE RULE
Title | 218 | Department of Human Services |
Chapter | XXX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
Subchapter | XX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
Part | 3941 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Section 0372 - Special Treatment Coverage Groups |
Type of Filing | Amendment |
Regulation Status | Inactive |
Effective | 07/01/2012 to 02/27/2013 |
Regulation Authority:
RIGL 40-8; Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Purpose and Reason:
To update the Medical Assistance rules to reflect the 2012 increase to the resource limits for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries(SLMB), and Qualifying Individuals (QI) Programs to be consistent with provisions of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). The new resource limits are $6,940 for an individual and $10,410 for a couple. These resource limits are adjusted on January 1st of each year, based upon the change in the annual consumer price index (CPI) since September of the previous year. (Sections: 0372.05.05 Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB); 0372.05.10 Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB); 0372.05.15 Qualifying Individual-1 (QI-1); 0372.05.35.05 Resource Limits; 0372.10 List & Definitions of Limited Benefit Groups.)