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• One vehicle per eligible individual or couple is excluded regardless of the value if it is used for transportation of the eligible individual or couple or a member of the eligible individual's or couple's household. Assume the vehicle is used for transportation, absent evidence to the contrary. • When an individual owns more than one vehicle apply the exclusion as follows: ◦ Apply the exclusion in the manner most advantageous to the individual. ◦ Apply the total exclusion to the vehicle with the greatest equity value if the eligible individual or couple own more than one vehicle used for transportation of the eligible individual or couple or a member of the individual's or couple's household. ◦ The equity value of any vehicle, other than the one wholly excluded, is a resource when it meets both of the following criteria: ◾ It is owned by an eligible individual or couple ◾ It can't be excluded under another provision (e.g., property essential to self- support, plan to achieve self-support, vehicles that are homes) ◦ Do not apply the vehicle exclusion to the following vehicles: ◾ A vehicle that has been junked ◾ A vehicle that is used only for recreational purposes • When an individual owns two or more vehicles, apply the following rules: ◦ If only one vehicle is used for transportation, totally exclude the value of that vehicle. ◦ If more than one vehicle is used for transportation, totally exclude the vehicle with the greatest equity value. Example 5 George is applying for Medicaid. He has three vehicles: a car (equity value $2500), a truck (equity value $7500), and a snowmobile (equity value $750). He states that the snowmobile is used only for recreation in the winter. He uses the car and the truck interchangeably for transportation. The truck is excluded in the asset determination as it is used for transportation and has the highest equity value. While the car is also used for transportation, only one vehicle can be excluded. The equity value of the car counts in the asset determination. The equity value of the snowmobile also counts in the asset determination. Even if this was George’s only vehicle, because he states that it is used for recreational purposes only, it would still be a counted asset. • For any vehicle that cannot be excluded for transportation reasons, consider excluding it under the provisions for: ◦ Property essential to self-support (see SECTION 16.9 PROPERTY ESSENTIAL TO SELF- SUPPORT) ◦ Plan to achieve self-support (see SECTION 15.7.2.2 PLAN TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUPPORT) ◦ Vehicles that are homes (see SECTION 16.8.1.7 VEHICLES THAT ARE HOMES) If the vehicle does not qualify for the exclusion, count the equity value of the vehicle as a resource. • If an individual owns a vehicle that is temporarily inoperable (e.g., needs repairs) and states that the vehicle will be repaired and used for transportation within the next 12 calendar months, exclude the total value of the vehicle until the repairs are completed. At that point, apply the rules for determining if the vehicle should be excluded.

If an individual states that the vehicle will not be repaired and used for transportation in the next 12 calendar months, count the equity value of the vehicle as a resource.