WAC 388-513-1315

Effective October 20, 2007

WAC 388-513-1315 Eligibility for long-term care (institutional, waiver, and hospice) services

This section describes how the department determines a client's eligibility for institutional, waiver, or hospice services under the categorically needy (CN) program and institutional or hospice services in a medical institution under the medically needy (MN) program. Also described are the eligibility requirements for these services under the general assistance (GA) program in subsection (12) and the alien emergency medical programs described in subsection (11).

  1. To be eligible for long-term care (LTC) services described in this section, a client must:

    1. Meet the general eligibility requirements for medical programs described in WAC 388-503-0505 (2) and (3) (a) through (f);

    2. Attain institutional status as described in WAC 388-513-1320;

    3. Meet functional eligibility described in WAC 388-106 for waiver and nursing facility coverage; and

    4. Not be subject to a penalty period of ineligibility as described in WAC 388-513-1363, WAC 388-513-1364, WAC 388-513-1365 and WAC 388-513-1366.

  2. To be eligible for institutional, waiver, or hospice services under the CN program, a client must either:

    1. Be related to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program as described in WAC 388-475-0050(1), (2) and (3) or and meet the following financial requirements by having:

      1. Gross nonexcluded income described in subsection (8)(a) that does not exceed the special income level  (SIL); and

      2. Countable resources described in subsection (7) that do not exceed the resource standard described in WAC 388-513-1350(1), unless subsection (4) applies; or

    2. Be approved and receiving the general assistance expedited Medicaid disability (GA-X) described in WAC 388-505-0110(6); or

    3. Be eligible for the CN children's medical program as described in WAC 388-505-0230; or

    4. Be eligible for the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program as described in WAC 388-505-0220.

  3. The department allows a client to have countable resources in excess of the standard described in WAC 388-513-1350 when meeting the conditions of reducing excess resources described in WAC 388-513-1350.

  4. To be eligible for waiver services, a client must also meet the program requirements described in:

    1. WAC 388-515-1505 for COPES, New Freedom PACE, MMIP and WMIP services; or

    2. WAC 388-515-1510 for DDD waivers; or

    3. WAC 388-515-1540 for the medically needy residential Waiver (MNRW); or

    4. WAC 388-515-1550 for the medically needy in-home waiver (MNIW).

  5. To be eligible for hospice services under the CN program, a client must:

    1. Meet the program requirements described in WAC 388-551 client eligibility for Hospice care; and

    2. Be eligible for a non institutional categorically needy program (CN-P) if not residing in a medical institution thirty days or more; or

    3. Reside at home and benefit by using home and community waiver rules described inWAC 388-515-1505  (SSI related clients with income over the MNIL  and at or below the 300 percent of the FBR or clients with a community spouse); or

    4. Receive Home and Community Waiver (HCS) or DDD Waiver services in addition to Hospice services. The client's responsibility to pay toward the cost of care (participation) is applied to the waiver service provider first; or

    5. Reside in a state contracted and licensed alternate living facility and not on Waiver services and receives medical assistance described in WAC 388-513-1305 as they are paying the facility privately.

    6. Be eligible for institutional CN if residing in a medical institution 30 days or more. (Use institutional rules for eligibility when in a medical institutional 30 days or more).

  6. To be eligible for institutional or hospice services under the MN program, a client must be:

    1. Eligible for MN children's medical program described in WAC 388-505-0230; or

    2. Related to the SSI program as described in WAC 388-475-0050(1) and meet all requirements described in WAC 388-513-1395; or

    3. Eligible for the MN SSI related program described in WAC 388-475-0150 for Hospice clients residing in a home setting; or

    4. Eligible for the MN SSI related program described in WAC 388-513-1305 for Hospice clients not on a medically needy waiver and residing in an alternate living facility.

    5. Be eligible for institutional MN if residing in a medical institution 30 days or more (Use institutional rules for eligibility when in a medical institution 30 days or more).

  7. To determine resource eligibility for an SSI-related client under the CN or MN program, the department:

    1. Considers resource eligibility and standards described in WAC 388-513-1350;

    2. Evaluates the transfer of asset as described in WAC 388-513-1363, 388-513-1364, 388-513-1365 and 388-513-1366.

  8. To determine income eligibility for an SSI-related client under the CN or MN program, the department:

    1. Considers income available as described in WAC 388-513-1325 and WAC 388-513-1330;

    2. Excludes income for CN and MN programs as described in WAC 388-513-1340;

    3. Disregards income for the MN program as described in WAC 388-513-1345; and

    4. Follows program rules for the MN program as described in WAC 388-513-1395.

  9. A client who meets the requirements of the CN program is approved for a period of up to twelve months for: 

    1. Institutional services in a medical facility;

    2. Waiver services at home or in an alternate living facility; or

    3. Hospice services at home or in a medical facility. 

  10. A client who meets the requirements of the MN program is approved for a period of months described in WAC 388-513-1395 (6) for:

    1. Institutional services in a medical facility; or

    2. Hospice services in a medical facility.

  11. The department determines eligibility for nursing facility and Hospice services under the alien emergency medical (AEM) program described in WAC 388-438-0110 for a client who meets all other requirements for such services but does not meet citizenship requirements. Nursing facility and Hospice services under the AEM program must be pre approved by the department's medical consultant.

  12. The department determines eligibility for institutional services under the GA program described in WAC 388-448-0001 for a client who meets all other requirements for such services but is not eligible for programs described in subsections (9) through (11).

  13. A client is eligible for Medicaid as a resident in a psychiatric facility, if the client:

    1. Has attained institutional status as described in WAC 388-513-1320; and

    2. Is less than twenty-one years old at application and approval; or

    3. Is receiving active psychiatric treatment just prior to their twenty-first birthday and the services extend beyond this date and the client has not yet reached age twenty-two; or

    4. Is at least sixty-five years old.

  14. The department determines a client’s eligibility as it does for a single person when the client’s spouse has already been determined eligible for LTC services.

  15. The department considers the parents’ income and resources available as described in WAC 388-408-0055 (1) (c) for a minor who is less than eighteen years old and is receiving or is expected to receive inpatient chemical dependency and/or inpatient mental health treatment.

  16. The department considers the parents’ income and resources available only as contributed for a client who is less than twenty-one years old and has attained institutional status as described in WAC 388-513-1320.

  17. The department determines a client's participation in the cost of care for LTC services as described in WAC 388-513-1380 and WAC 388-515-1505 for long-term care services under COPES, New Freedom, PACE, MMIP and WMIP or WAC 388-515-1510 for DDD Waivers.

  18. Clients not living in a medical institution who are considered to be receiving SSI benefits for the purposes of Medicaid do not pay service participation toward their cost of care. Clients living in a residential setting do pay room and board as described in WAC 388-515-1505. Groups deemed to be receiving SSI and for Medicaid purposes are eligible to receive CN-P Medicaid. These groups are described in WAC 388-475-0880. 

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