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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION O O-600 Medically Needy Resource Limitations and Resource Determination O 610 Medically Needy Resource Limitations

1) The eligible children and the natural/adoptive parent(s) in the home will be included in the MNRL unit. However, a parent may choose to exclude a child and that child’s resources if inclusion of that child and that child’s resources would cause ineligibility for the other children in the MNRL. A parent’s needs will always be included when determining eligibility for his/her children. 2) The resources available only to a stepparent will be disregarded in the MNRL of his/her stepchild and his/her spouse (the stepchild’s natural/adoptive parent) if that spouse requests assistance as caretaker relative of her deprived child. The stepparent will not be counted in their MNRL. 3) The resources available only to a grandparent, or any relative other than a parent, who is not included in the assistance unit, will be disregarded. If the grandparent, or other relative other than a parent, chooses to be included in the assistance unit, his/her resources will be included in full in determining resource eligibility for all those included in the MNRL. When the grandparent or other relative chooses to be included and when the grandparent/other relative has a spouse in the home, the resources available only to that spouse will be disregarded in determining resource eligibility. 4) In dependent child/minor parent/grandparent households, the rules in (3) above will apply, i.e., if the grandparent is to be included as an eligible, the grandparent’s resources will be counted; and if the grandparent is not to be included, the grandparent’s resources will be excluded.  NOTE: In U-18-MN cases, the resources of a parent(s) will always be counted in full in his/her child’s MNRL and that parent(s) will be included in the MNRL, even though the parent(s) may be over age 18 and will not be a Medicaid eligible member(s) of the unit. However, in dependent child/minor parent/grandparent households, even though the grandparent’s resources must be counted toward the minor parent, they will be disregarded in the resource eligibility determination of the grandchild. c. SSI Related (AABD) - The household size determination for SSI related is as follows: 1) Household Size 1 ($2,000) limit: The one person or individual limit is used for AABD individuals not living with a spouse, and for a child who is blind or has a disability. 2) Household Size 2 ($3,000) limit: The two-person limit is used for AABD couples and for individual AABD determinations when there is an ineligible spouse.