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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Factors

Reissued June 9, 2026

Page 26 of I-1630 Replacing September 23, 2024

Revised/added text indicated by underscore

Deleted text indicated by “**” • Other repository customarily and traditionally used for the deceased's bodily remains.

The term burial space also includes:

• Vaults;

• Headstones, markers, or plaques;

• Burial containers; and

• Arrangements for opening and closing the gravesite.

An agreement which represents the purchase of a burial space is a contract with a burial provider for a burial space held for the eligible individual or a member of their immediate family.

If the agreement does not entitle the person to the burial space items until the full purchase price has been paid, the burial space is not "held for". Consider any amount paid on the installment burial contact as burial funds until such time the installment payments are completed. Refer to Burial Funds.

 Cash

Count the value of cash on hand including cash in a safety deposit box.

Do not count cash from any source for the replacement or repair of a lost, damaged, or stolen excluded resource. This cash is an excluded resource for nine (9) months from the date of receipt. The exclusion can be extended for up to an additional nine (9) months if circumstances beyond the control of the applicant/beneficiary:

• Prevent repair or replacement of the lost, damaged, or stolen resource, and

• Keep the applicant/beneficiary from contracting for such repair or replacement.

The exclusion of cash received for replacement or repair of an excluded resource due to the result of a catastrophe which is declared to be a major disaster by the President of the United States can be