CHAPTER 3. INELIGIBILITY; FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS
IC 12-15-3
Chapter 3. Ineligibility; Financial Limitations
IC 12-15-3-0.5
Applicability of chapter
Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to an individual participating
in the Medicaid buy-in program beginning July 1, 2002, established
under IC 12-15-41.
As added by P.L.287-2001, SEC.7.
IC 12-15-3-1
Medical assistance to aged, blind, or disabled; total cash value of
money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned by applicant or
applicant and spouse; limitations
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an
applicant for or recipient of Medicaid is ineligible for assistance if
the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned
by:
(1) the applicant or recipient is more than one thousand five
hundred dollars ($1,500) for assistance to the aged, blind, or
disabled; or
(2) the applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's
spouse is more than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars
($2,250) for medical assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled.
(b) In the case of an applicant who is an eligible individual, a
Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by the applicant or
the applicant's spouse may not be considered when calculating the
total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned by
the applicant or the applicant's spouse.
(c) In the case of an individual who:
(1) resides in a nursing facility or another medical institution;
and
(2) has a spouse who does not reside in a nursing facility or
another medical institution;
the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance that
may be owned by the couple to be eligible for the program is
determined under IC 12-15-2-24.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.128-1999, SEC.21;
P.L.246-2005, SEC.104.
IC 12-15-3-2
Parent of applicant for or recipient of assistance to blind or
disabled who is less than 18 years of age; ownership of money,
stock, bonds, and life insurance; total cash value limitation
Sec. 2. (a) If the parent of an applicant for or a recipient of
assistance to the blind or disabled who is less than eighteen (18)
years of age owns money, stock, bonds, and life insurance whose
total cash value is more than one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500), the amount of the excess shall be added to the total cash
value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned by the
applicant or recipient to determine the recipient's eligibility for
Medicaid under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) However, a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by
the parent of an applicant for or a recipient of assistance may not be
added to the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life
insurance owned by the applicant or recipient to determine the
recipient's eligibility for Medicaid under section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.128-1999, SEC.22.
IC 12-15-3-3
Parents of applicant for or recipient of assistance to blind or
disabled who is less than 18 years of age; ownership of money,
stock, bonds, and life insurance; total cash value limitation
Sec. 3. If the parents of an applicant for or a recipient of
assistance to the blind or disabled who is less than eighteen (18)
years of age own money, stock, bonds, and life insurance whose total
cash value is more than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars
($2,250), the amount of the excess shall be added to the total cash
value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned by the
applicant or recipient to determine the recipient's eligibility for
Medicaid under section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.
IC 12-15-3-4
Total cash value limitations on ownership of money, stock, bonds,
and life insurance; parent and parents defined
Sec. 4. For purposes of sections 2 and 3 of this chapter, except for
an applicant or a recipient who is determined to be eligible for home
and community based services under 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., the
applicant's or recipient's parent or parents are the parent or parents
with whom the applicant or recipient resides.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.
IC 12-15-3-5
Limitation on total cash value of money, stocks, bonds, and life
insurance owned by applicants or recipients not described in
IC 12-15-3-1
Sec. 5. The office may set the total cash value of money, stock,
bonds, and life insurance that an applicant for or a recipient of
Medicaid may own without being ineligible for Medicaid in cases
not described in section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.
IC 12-15-3-6
Purchase of qualified long term care insurance policy; computation
under this chapter
Sec. 6. A computation under this chapter concerning an individual
who purchases a qualified long term care insurance policy under
IC 12-15-39.6 must take into consideration the asset disregard
established under IC 12-15-39.6-10.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.24-1997, SEC.47;
P.L.1-2006, SEC.187.