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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 24

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page xii Chapter 24 Long Term Care

24.49 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 152 24.50 APPLICATION ......................................................................................................... 154 24.50.1 GENERAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES ....................................................... 154 24.50.1.A APPLICATION FORMS .............................................................................. 154 24.50.1.B COMPLETE APPLICATION ........................................................................ 155 24.50.1.C DATE OF APPLICATION ............................................................................ 155 24.50.1.D INTERVIEW ................................................................................................ 156 24.50.1.E WHO MUST SIGN ...................................................................................... 156 24.50.1.F AGENCY TIME LIMITS ............................................................................... 156 24.50.1.G AGENCY DELAYS ..................................................................................... 156 24.50.1.H PAYEE ....................................................................................................... 157 24.50.1.I EFFECTIVE DATES OF ELIGIBILITY ........................................................ 157 24.50.1.J THE BENEFIT ............................................................................................ 157 24.50.2 REDETERMINATION ........................................................................................ 158 24.50.2.A DATE OF REDETERMINATION ................................................................. 158 24.51 COMMON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS .............................................................. 159 24.52 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION GROUPS .............................................................. 160 24.52.1 THE ASSISTANCE GROUP (AG) ...................................................................... 160 24.52.2 THE INCOME GROUP (IG) ............................................................................... 160 24.52.3 THE NEEDS GROUP (NG) ................................................................................ 160 24.53 INCOME ................................................................................................................... 161 24.53.1 INCOME DISREGARDS AND DEDUCTIONS ................................................... 161 24.53.2 DETERMINING FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY ......................................................... 161 24.54 ASSETS ................................................................................................................... 162 24.55 NOTIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 163 24.56 CASE MAINTENANCE............................................................................................. 164 24.56.1 COUNTY TRANSFER ....................................................................................... 164 24.56.2 CHANGES IN INCOME ..................................................................................... 164 24.56.3 CHANGE IN MEDICAL CONDITION ................................................................. 164