Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 104 - Income
Chapter 7 - Sources and Treatment of Unearned Income
Rule 23-104-7.24 - Reduced VA Pension for Veterans and Surviving Spouses in Nursing Homes
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-104-7.24
Current through September 24, 2024
A. Federal law limits the maximum pension that can be paid to or for veterans, who have neither a spouse nor a child, or surviving spouses (widows or widowers) without children who are covered by Medicaid for services furnished by a nursing facility to a maximum of $90.
1. The reduced pension of $90 or less is VA
Aid and Attendance in all cases, and is not income for eligibility
purposes.
2. Federal law also
prohibits counting the reduced pension toward the veteran's cost of care
(Medicaid Income); therefore, the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) for all
clients receiving a reduced pension is equal to the pension payment received to
ensure that no part of the reduced pension is counted as income.
3. When a client who is eligible for long
term care nursing home coverage under an Income Trust becomes entitled to the
$90 reduced pension and the client continues to need the Income Trust to remain
eligible, the $90 reduced pension is not counted as income to the Income Trust
client.
Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-121.1 (Rev. 2005).
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