003.02(F) APPLICABILITY OF THE DESIGNATION.

The IM-74 is in effect while the institutionalized spouse remains eligible for the spousal impoverishment Medicaid program (SIMP). This is true even when the institutionalized spouse moves from one institutional living arrangement to another. If the institutionalized spouse resides in the home with the community spouse without receiving institutional services, then eligibility for spousal impoverishment ends and the designation of resources no longer applies. If the community spouse begins to receive institutional services, then eligibility for spousal impoverishment ends and the designation of resources does not apply.