The application for an individual who has excess resources,
other than real property, may be held pending until the resources are reduced.
Excess resources may be reduced by paying obligations for medical costs. State
Disability Program Medical eligibility begins with the first day of the month
of the incurred obligation which was used to reduce the resources to the
allowable maximum. Medical eligibility may not be established earlier than the
three-month retroactive period.
006.01
MAXIMUM AVAILABLE RESOURCE LEVELS. The established
maximum for available resources which the recipient, or the recipient and
responsible relative, may own and still be considered eligible for Medical
under the State Disability Program according to unit size, are as follows:
(1) One member unit - recipient only $4000
(a) If a couple has a valid designation of
resources and:
(1) There is an eligible spouse
and an ineligible spouse, the resource level for the eligible spouse is $4,000;
or
(2) The ineligible spouse later
becomes eligible, each spouse is allowed $4,000.
(2) Two member unit $6000
(a) Applicant or recipient and eligible
spouse; or,
(b) Applicant or
recipient and ineligible spouse;
(3) If two or more related Assistance to the
Aged, Blind, Disabled, or State Disability Program applicants or recipients,
other than a married couple, such as an eligible Assistance to the Aged, Blind,
or Disabled parent or eligible Blind or Disabled minor child, or two or more
unrelated eligible Assistance to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled recipients,
reside in the same household, each applicant or recipient is entitled to a
resource maximum of $4000.
(4) If
the total equity value of available non-excluded resources exceeds the maximums
specified above, the applicant or recipient is ineligible. Resources must be
below the maximum resource level for one day in the month in order for the
applicant or recipient to be eligible for that month.
006.01(A)
DEEMING RESOURCES OF A
PARENT. In considering the resources of a parent, who is not
considered an Essential Person in another case, towards an eligible child age
17 or younger and who is living in the parent's household, the following
resources are considered to the child whether or not they are actually made
available:
(i) All resources exceeding $4,000
in the case of one parent;
(ii) All
resources exceeding $6,000 in the case of:
(1)
Two parents;
(2) One parent and
spouse of the parent; or
(3) One
parent and one minor sibling;
(iii) $25 for each additional minor sibling
in the parents' household; and
(iv)
If income of a parent is not deemed, resources are also not deemed.
