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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Reissued June 9, 2026

Page 25 of I-1630 Replacing September 23, 2024

Revised/added text indicated by underscore

Deleted text indicated by “**” burial-related expenses, the amount used will be considered as income in the month of withdrawal. Reconsider the burial fund as an excludable resource. Immediately count all interest or other assets that have accumulated in the burial fund account.

Exception: No penalty applies if on the first day of the month in which the excluded funds were used for another purpose the individual's resources would not have exceeded the limits even if the burial funds were counted.

Only actions taken by the individual who designated the excluded burial fund or by someone acting as that individual's agent are construed as "use for another purpose".

Actions by a joint owner of a designated burial fund who withdraws funds for their own use are not construed as "use for another purpose" by the owner of the burial exclusion.  Burial Spaces

A fully paid burial space or agreement which represents the purchase of a burial space held for the burial of the individual, their spouse, or immediate family is an excluded resource regardless of value.

Note: The burial space exclusion is in addition to, and has no effect on, the burial fund exclusion.

A burial space is a(n):

• Burial plot;

• Gravesite;

• Crypt;

• Mausoleum;

• Casket;

• Urn;

• Niche; or