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MAABD MAABD MAABD MAABD MAABD MAABD MAABD MAABD E-410 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services RESOURCES Medical Assistance Manual TYPES OF RESOURCES 24 Sept MTL 04/24 HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS – INDIAN LAND RESOURCE TYPE DESCRIPTION

HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS

1. Personal Property

2. Excluded

Household goods are items of personal property customarily found in the home and used in connection with the maintenance, use, and occupancy of the premises as a home. They include, but are not too: furniture, appliances, televisions, carpets, cooking and eating utensils, dishes, etc.

Personal effects are items of personal property that are worn or carried by an individual or that have an intimate relation to him or her. They include, but are not limited to: clothing, jewelry, personal care items, prosthetic devices, and educational or recreational items such as books, musical instruments, or hobby materials.

Prosthetic devices, wheelchairs, hospital beds, dialysis machines and other items required by a person's physical condition are excluded.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

– Customer’s statement

INCOME PLACED IN AN ACCOUNT IDENTIFIED AS EXCLUDED INCOME

1. Personal Property

2. Conditional Exclusion

Any excluded income placed in a financial institution when clearly identified as excluded income.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

– Source of income – Copy of account statement – Source of deposits

INDIAN LAND

1. Real Property

2. Conditional Exclusion

ALL INDIAN PROPERTY under authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has a restricted title.

A. ASSIGNED LAND – An assignment allows the use of tribal land by a member of the tribe. Assigned land will not be considered a resource.

B. ALLOTTED LAND – This type of land can be sold by the individual upon approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Allotted land is not a resource until the property is sold or transferred.

C. UNRESTRICTED LAND – Land owned by the individual and not controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This land is an available resource.

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HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS

1. Personal Property

2. Excluded

Prosthetic devices, wheelchairs, hospital beds, dialysis machines and other items required by a person's physical condition are excluded.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

– Customer’s statement

INCOME PLACED IN AN ACCOUNT IDENTIFIED AS EXCLUDED INCOME

1. Personal Property

2. Conditional Exclusion

Any excluded income placed in a financial institution when clearly identified as excluded income.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

– Source of income – Copy of account statement – Source of deposits

INDIAN LAND

1. Real Property

2. Conditional Exclusion

ALL INDIAN PROPERTY under authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has a restricted title.

A. ASSIGNED LAND – An assignment allows the use of tribal land by a member of the tribe. Assigned land will not be considered a resource.

B. ALLOTTED LAND – This type of land can be sold by the individual upon approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Allotted land is not a resource until the property is sold or transferred.

C. UNRESTRICTED LAND – Land owned by the individual and not controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This land is an available resource.