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Changes are indicated with red text or a red line to the right of the text in the manual sections as indicated below (you may need to scroll to find the related policy change).
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Change |
Section/Item |
Rule Change |
| Counting Client Assets | Interest Income . For OSIP(M) and QMB interest and dividends from a bank account are now excluded. | B.8 B.17 |
461-145-0030 461-145-0108 |
| The policy on Family Support Payments has been repealed. | N/A | 461-145-0180 | |
| For OSIP(M), the exclusion of a home during a temporary absence is no longer restricted to a single individual. | B.30 | 461-145-0220 | |
| Added policy on the requirement for a client to reimburse for past assistance when they receive a Veteran's benefit for a period covered by NF or waivered services. | B.77 | 461-145-0580 | |
| Generic Program Elements | Revised the section on Overpayments as the scope of the agency’s recovery authority has been expanded based on HB2191. | G | 461-145-0580 461-195-0521 |
| Add the qualified partnership insurance policy to the limits on estate claims. See SPD-PT-07-035. | K | 461-135-0835 | |
| OHP | Removed references to FHIAP referrals. | N/A | N/A |
| OSIP | Total countable liquid resources that do not exceed $1,250 do not need to be verified unless questionable. | B.7 | 461-115-0700 |
| EPD program no longer uses "attached to the workforce" as an eligibility requirement. A definition of employment has been added. See SPD-PT-07-036. | D.10 | 461-135-0725 | |
The following program standards increased based on the cost-of-living increase:
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461-155-0250 |
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| Adult clients with an ineligible spouse or children applying may now have income from the financial group allocated to the ineligible children in the group. WG revised in its entirety. | E.4 WG.8 |
461-160-0550 | |
| A new resource exclusion that is equal to the insurance payments a client receives under a qualified partnership plan. See SPD-PT-07-035. | E.6 WG.10 |
461-160-0855 | |
| New WG on the treatment of long-term care insurance and qualified partnership plans. | WG.10 | N/A | |
| QMB | Total countable liquid resources that do not exceed $1,250 do not need to be verified unless questionable. | B.12 | 461-115-0700 |
| Coding clarifications. | WG.2 | N/A | |
| SPD Worker Guide | New large print forms have been added to the worker guide and the DHS Forms Server. | A.2 | N/A |
| Certain SPD clients receiving services in nursing facilities and community based facilities may be eligible for OTAP and Link-Up America. Additionally, the application process for these programs has changed. This WG has been revised in its entirety. | D.6 | N/A | |
| Standards chart updated with 2008 COLA increase. | E.5 | 461-155-0250 | |
| Updated the worker guide with the 2008 10-day notice deadlines. | G.7 | N/A |
