South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 67 - Department of Social Services
Article 67:46 - Eligibility for medical services
Chapter 67:46:05 - Long-term care resource requirements
Section 67:46:05:09 - Calculating period of ineligibility
The department shall establish a period of ineligibility for long-term care services if an asset has been disposed of for the purpose of establishing Medicaid eligibility. The period of ineligibility is determined by dividing the uncompensated value of the transferred assets by the monthly state-wide average of long-term care costs for private pay individuals for the state's current fiscal year.
The department shall impose a partial month period of ineligibility if the sum arrived at in the above calculation results in a partial month remainder, rounded up to a whole day.
General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1, 28-6-3.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-3.1.
Disposal of resources for purposes of establishing eligibility, § 67:46:05:06; Facility's average per diem charge, § 67:16:04:58.