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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 October 2016 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0320.000 AGED, BLIND & DISABLED GROUPS M0320.205 18

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) an 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 attorneys' fees may be deducted as described in M1120.215; 3) ownership (equity value) of an individual’s former residence when the QSII 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 QSII recipient and another person 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 a QSII recipient has any of the real property listed in 1) through 5) previously, ALL of the recipient's resources must be verified, evaluated, and counted together to determine if the recipient meets the Medicaid resource requirements. Calculate resources according to the assistance unit policy in chapter M05. If current resources are NOT within the limit, the individual is NOT eligible in this covered group; he/she may be eligible for Medicare Savings Program (MSP) limited-benefit Medicaid (which has more liberal resource methods and standards). When a QSII recipient has no real property resource listed in 1) through 5) previously, do NOT determine the recipient’s resources. The QSII recipient meets the Medicaid resource requirements because his resource eligibility for QSII has been determined by SSA and he does not have a real property resource as listed previously. b. Income Eligibility There are no income eligibility requirements for QSII individuals once they have been determined eligible as 1619(b).