{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-710","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-6-710","heading":"Treating application of person deemed ineligible because of Medicaid qualifying trust as undue hardship case.","body":"If an applicant for Medicaid for nursing home care would be ineligible because a trust established for the applicant was deemed a Medicaid qualifying trust or resources in the trust were deemed an improper transfer of resources, the person's application must be treated as a case of undue hardship under federal law if all of the criteria in Section 44-6-720 are met. For the purposes of this section, 'Medicaid qualifying trust' has the same meaning as set forth in 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(k).","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 6 Department of Health and Human Services","ARTICLE 6 Trusts and Medicaid Eligibility"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c006.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:30:24Z","sha256":"a555ddb4872d97e6d62e8980caee8db642fbe388de3607f0457adc2442b661d1","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-660","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-720"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}