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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL, SECTION E

E 502 Excess Resource Determinations

3. The PEAs of the specified area will check the “County Request for Medicaid Decision” library on eDoctus to determine if the request originated in one of the counties he/she is responsible for. 4. The appropriate PEA will review the documentation based on the guidelines provided by OCC legal document checklist to ensure that the documentation is complete, in the proper order and any discrepancies have been corrected. The PEA will select the option of submitting the request to DAAS. DAAS will handle all requests for LTSS categories. Non-LTSS requests will be forwarded to the DCO Medicaid Eligibility Unit for processing. 5. DAAS or DCO for non-LTSS will review and submit the request to OCC if needed. DAAS or DCO will provide an opinion on the requests that do not require an opinion from OCC. 6. All responses will be forwarded in an email message to the PEA and the caseworker who requested the opinion. 7. The caseworker will index the document in the client’s electronic record. The DAAS or DCO Medicaid Eligibility Unit will scan the opinion into the client’s electronic folder in eDoctus.

E-502 Excess Resource Determinations MS Manual 10/26/15 To be eligible for assistance under AABD categories the countable resources of an individual or couple who are aged, blind or have a disability may not exceed certain limitations. Refer to MS E-110 for countable resource limitations.  NOTE:When one spouse enters a nursing facility (NF) and the other does not, the spousal rules at MS H-200 apply. When both spouses enter a NF, the couple’s standard will apply for the month of entry, but the resources of each will be compared to the individual standard in the month after entry into a NF. For a married couple in Waiver cases, the couple’s standard will apply if both apply for Waiver services. When only one spouse applies for waiver services, the spousal rules apply.

Real Property MS Manual 01/01/14 Real property is land, including houses or immovable objects attached permanently to land. It also includes burial plots and crypts.