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INCOME PERSONS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES

CHRONIC CARE BUDGETING METHODOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS

NOTE: A person must be a resident of a medical facility as of 12:01 a.m. on the first day of the month for that month to be considered a full month.

Beginning the month following the month in which permanent absence is established, the A/R's income is budgeted using the chronic care budgeting methodology. The following income of the A/R is not applied toward the cost of care:

BLOOD PLASMA SETTLEMENTS - Payments received as a result of a federal class action settlement with four manufacturers of blood plasma products on behalf of hemophilia patients who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

CASH ASSISTANCE INCOME – SSI benefits paid under Section 1611(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act.

(MRG)