department of health and social services
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
PUBLIC NOTICE
proposed
Long Term Care Medicaid
In compliance with the State's Administrative Procedures Act (APA - Title 29, Chapter 101 of the Delaware Code) and under the authority of Title 31 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 5, Section 512, Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS) / Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) / is proposing to amend rules in the Division of Social Services Manual (DSSM) used to determine eligibility for medical assistance.
Any person who wishes to make written suggestions, compilations of data, testimony, briefs or other written materials concerning the proposed new regulations must submit same to Sharon L. Summers, Policy and Program Development Unit, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, 1901 North DuPont Highway, P.O. Box 906, New Castle, Delaware 19720-0906 by December 31, 2005.
The action concerning the determination of whether to adopt the proposed regulation will be based upon the results of Department and Division staff analysis and the consideration of the comments and written materials filed by other interested persons.
Summary of Proposed Changes
Statutory Authority
1924 (c) of the Social Security Act, Rules for Treatment of Resources
Summary of Proposed Changes
The proposed expands the terms at DSSM 20910.1 and DSSM 20910.2 to clearly define who is an institutionalized spouse and who is a community spouse. The definition is being expanded to include persons receiving (20910.1) and not receiving (20910.2) Medicaid under any of the Medicaid Long Term Care Programs. The clarifications will assist staff in determining if a spousal calculation needs to be completed. These changes will enable the Social Worker to process the case in a more accurate and timely manner.
DMMA PROPOSED REGULATION #05-67
REVISIONS:
20910.1 Institutionalized Spouse
An individual who is in a medical institution or nursing facility and is married to a spouse who is not in a medical institution or nursing facility and who is not receiving HCBS. Medicaid under any of the Long Term Care Medicaid programs such as Home and Community Based Services, Nursing Home Medicaid or Assisted Living Waiver.
20910.2 Community Spouse
An individual who is married to an institutionalized spouse and who does not receive HCBS An individual who is not receiving Medicaid under any of the Long Term Care Medicaid programs such as Home and Community Based Services, Nursing Home Medicaid or Assisted Living Waiver and is married to an institutionalized spouse.
