GroundRules
42 CFR 435.845: Medically needy resource eligibility.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
- PART 435—ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA
- Subpart I—Specific Eligibility and Post-Eligibility Financial Requirements for the Medically Needy
To determine eligibility on the basis of resources for medically needy individuals, the agency must:
(a) Consider only the individual's resources and those that are considered available to him under the financial responsibility requirements for relatives in § 435.602.
(b) Deduct the amounts that would be deducted in determining resource eligibility for the medically needy group as provided for in § 435.601 or under the criteria of States using more restrictive criteria than SSI as provided for in § 435.121. In determining the amount of an individual's resources for Medicaid eligibility, States must count amounts of resources that otherwise would not be counted under the conditional eligibility provisions of the SSI or AFDC programs.
(c) Apply the resource standard specified under § 435.840.
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