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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 January 2018 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0320.000 AGED, BLIND & DISABLED GROUPS M0320.101 3

B. Financial Eligibility 1. Resources Determine if the SSI recipient has the following real property resource(s): 1) equity in non-exempt property contiguous to the individual’s home which exceeds $5,000 and none of the real property exclusions in sections M1130.100, M1130.140, S1130.150, or M1130.160 are applicable to the property; 2) interest in undivided heir property and the equity value of the individual’s share that, when added to all other countable resources, exceeds the appropriate Medicaid resource limit. (The interest in the estate must be legally available.) If a partition suit is necessary to sell the interest, costs of partition and individual’s (recipient/applicant) attorneys' fees may be deducted as described in M1120.215; 3) ownership (equity value) of the individual’s former residence when the SSI recipient is in an institution for longer than 6 months. Determine if the former residence is excluded under policy in section M1130.100 D; 4) equity value in property owned jointly by the SSI recipient with another person in who is not the individual’s spouse as tenants in common or joint tenants with the right of survivorship at common law. Determine if any of the real property exclusions in sections M1130.100, M1130.140, S1130.150, or M1130.160 apply to the property;

5) other real property; determine if any of the real property exclusions in sections M1130.100, M1130.140, S1130.150, or M1130.160 apply to the property. When an SSI recipient has any of the real property listed in 1) through 5) above, ALL of the recipient's resources must be verified, evaluated, and counted together to determine if the SSI recipient meets the Medicaid resource requirements. Calculate resources according to the assistance unit policy in chapter M05. If current resources are within the limit, go on to determine income eligibility. If current resources are NOT within the limit, the individual is NOT eligible in this covered group; he may be eligible as MSP (which has more liberal resource methods and standards).