Exemptions from Asset Limits (Archive)

Some people do not have an asset limit for health care eligibility. In addition, enrollment in certain cash assistance programs makes a person automatically eligible for health care. However, the assets of a person with no asset limit may be counted when determining eligibility for a spouse or sponsored immigrant because of asset deeming requirements.

People with No Asset Limit - General Provisions.

MinnesotaCare.

MA.

GAMC.

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People with No Asset Limit - General Provisions

The following applicants and enrollees do not have an asset limit for any health care program:

l  Children under age 21, through the month of their 21st birthday. Children under age 21 do not have an asset limit, regardless of:

n  Whether they apply as part of a household with members age 21 or older or apply separately.

n  Basis of eligibility.

l  Pregnant women, regardless of age, through the end of the 60-day postpartum period.

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MinnesotaCare

See General Provisions.

MA

In addition to the people listed in the General Provisions, the following applicants and enrollees either do not have an asset limit for MA programs or have their asset limit established under another program that MA accepts:

l  People receiving Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Up to four months of additional medical coverage provided to some people terminated from regular MA because of increased child or spousal support. or Transition Year Medical Assistance (TYMA) Up to 12 months of additional medical coverage provided to some people terminated from regular MA due to increased earnings, loss of earned income disregards, or a combination of increased child/spousal support and increased earnings/loss of earned income disregards..

l  People with 1619(a) or 1619(b) status.

l  Women eligible for MA-BC.

l  People eligible for Minnesota Family Planning Program (MFPP).

l  People receiving care and rehabilitation services from the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) A Minnesota-based private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1985. CVT exists to heal the wounds of government-sponsored torture on individuals, their families, and communities and to stop its practice., who are not otherwise eligible for MA.

People receiving assistance from the following sources do not have an asset limit for MA:

l  MSA Minnesota Supplemental Aid. A state-funded program that provides cash assistance to SSI recipients, blind people, people age 65 or older, and disabled people who are age 18 and older..

l  RCA Refugee Cash Assistance. A program that provides financial help to refugees ineligible for both MFIP and SSI..

l  IV-E foster care Foster care placements funded under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act..

l  GRH Group Residential Housing. A group living situation which has a fixed rate contract with a county to provide room and board for MSA or GA clients. This includes foster care settings. It does not include battered women's shelters or medical care (Title XIX) facilities. with an MA basis of eligibility.

However, even though these people do not have an asset limit for MA, they must still meet certain asset-related rules if they are requesting MA payment of long-term care (LTC) services. To qualify for MA payment of LTC services, people must:

l  Meet home equity limits.

l  Disclose any interest the person or his or her spouse has in an annuity.

l  Name the state the preferred remainder beneficiary of any annuity the person or his or her spouse owns. For more information about annuity requirements, see Annuities.

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GAMC

In addition to the people listed in the General Provisions, the following applicants and enrollees do not have an asset limit for the GAMC program:

l  People receiving GA are automatically eligible for GAMC.

l  People receiving GRH who do not have an MA basis of eligibility are automatically eligible for GAMC.

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