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Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual Policy Manual Number: 110.050 Section: Financial Eligibility Requirements Chapter: ABD Countable and Excluded Resources

September 1, 2026 Division of TennCare 35 • Grow produce or livestock solely for personal consumption in the individual’s household; or • Perform activities essential to the production of food solely for home consumption.

Note: This does not include any vehicle that is used for transportation.

The property must be in current use or, if it is not in use for reasons beyond the individual’s control, there must be a reasonable expectation that the required use will resume.

Plan to Achieve Self Support (PASS) Resource Characteristic PASS is an SSI provision to help individuals with disabilities return to work. Any income an SSI recipient places in an approved PASS account is excluded as a resource. The PASS account itself is also excluded. This exclusion expires when the PASS contract expires or ends, or when the individual is no longer an SSI recipient.

Prepayment of Rent Resource Type Prepayment of an individual’s mortgage is not considered a resource. Prepayment of rent, however, will be a countable resource unless the individual cannot receive the money back under any circumstances (i.e., the lease agreement includes a no refund policy, or the landlord provides a statement that the funds will not be returned to the renter).

Prepayment of Nursing Home Care Resource Type This resource type is only available to individuals who have entered Title XIX Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs).

1. Defined

Prepayment for care deposited by the individual upon admission to a TennCare Medicaid-participating LTCF. The value of the deposit is a countable resource for the individual who is subsequently approved for TennCare Medicaid benefits if the deposit was paid from the individual’s own funds.

2. Deposit Policy

An LTCF may require a deposit or prepayment for the first month’s care upon admission. Federal Medicaid regulations