7 AAC 100.568 - Home maintenance allowance

(a) The home maintenance allowance is the amount of the recipient's income deducted from the recipient's total monthly income to maintain the recipient's home while the recipient is in a medical institution. This section applies only to an individual who

(1) was residing in the home immediately before admission to the medical institution;

(2) does not have a community spouse or dependent child; and

(3) is expected to remain in the medical institution for six months or less.

(b) The maximum home maintenance allowance permitted under this section is equal to the income eligibility standard under 7 AAC 40.310(a) and (c) for an individual living independently. The home maintenance allowance may be deducted for a maximum of six months, beginning with the month following the month of admission to the medical institution.

(c) A recipient must provide the department with a written certification from the recipient's primary physician that the recipient is expected to remain in the medical institution for six months or less.

Notes

7 AAC 100.568

Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.020

AS 47.07.040