Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-28-407 - Resource Criteria for Eligibility

A. The following Medicaid-eligible persons shall be deemed to meet the resource requirements for ALTCS eligibility unless ineligible due to federal and state laws regarding trusts.

1. A person receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI);

2. A person receiving Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance payment; or

3. A person receiving a Title IV-E Adoption Assistance.

B. Except as provided in subsection (C), if a person's ALTCS eligibility is most closely related to SSI and is not included in subsection (A), the Administration shall determine eligibility using resource criteria in 42 U.S.C. 1382(a)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 1382 b, and 20 CFR 416 Subpart L. The resource limit for an individual is $2,000 or $3,000 for a couple under 20 CFR 416.1205.

C. The Administration permits the following exceptions to the resource criteria for a person identified in subsection (B):

1. Resources of the spouse or parent of a minor child are disregarded beginning the first day in the month the person is institutionalized.

2. The value of household goods and personal effects is excluded.

3. The value of oil, timber, and mineral rights is excluded.

4. The value of all of the following shall be disregarded:

a. Term insurance;

b. Burial insurance;

c. Assets that a person has irrevocably assigned to fund the expense of a burial;

d. The cash value of all life insurance if the face value does not exceed $1,500 total per insured person and the policy has not been assigned to fund a pre-need burial plan or has a legally binding designation as a burial fund;

e. The value of any burial space held for the purpose of providing a place for the burial of the person, a spouse, or any other member of the immediate family;

f. $1,500 of the equity value of an asset that has a legally binding designation as a burial fund or a revocable burial arrangement if there is no irrevocable burial arrangement;

g. During the time a person remains continuously eligible, all appreciation in the value of the assets in subsection (C)(4)(f) will be disregarded; and

h. The amount of a payment refunded by a nursing facility after ALTCS approval is only excluded for six months beginning with the month the refund was received. The Administration shall evaluate the refund in accordance with R9-28-409 if transferred without receiving something of equal value.

D. For an institutionalized spouse, a resource disregard is allowed under 42 U.S.C. 1396r-5(c).

E. Trusts are evaluated in accordance with federal and state laws to determine eligibility.

F. A person is not eligible for long-term care services if countable resources exceed the following limits:

1. For a SSI-related person identified in subsection (B), the limit is $2,000 or $3,000 per couple under 20 CFR 416.1205.

2. For a person eligible under 42 U.S.C. 1396 a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), 42 U.S.C. 1396 a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VI), and 42 U.S.C. 1396 a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VII), there is no resource limit.

G. F.A person shall provide information and verification necessary to determine the countable value of resources.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-28-407

Adopted effective October 1, 1988, filed September 1, 1988 (Supp. 88-3). Amended effective June 6, 1989 (Supp. 89-2). Section repealed, new Section adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 369, effective January 6, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 4691, effective October 1, 2001 (Supp. 01-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 2090, effective July 5, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 193, effective 1/7/2014.