Manual changes are summarized below. Click on the related links and the change will be indicated with red text or a red line to the right of the text (you may need to scroll to find the related policy change). There is no red indication for the corresponding changes to the Administrative Rules.
| Manual |
Change |
Section/Item |
Rule Change |
| Counting Client Assets | Census income is excluded for all programs except FS and OSIPM clients in nonstandard living arrangements. | B.20 | 461-145-0130 |
| Loans. Rewritten for clarification and to specify that a loan amount cannot exceed the amount of the community spouse resource allowance. | B.43 | 461-145-0330 | |
| Program benefits - ICP payments. Payments are counted for FS and excluded for all other programs. | B.54 | 461-145-0410 | |
| When a prorated standard is used shelter-in-kind income is excluded. | B.64 | 461-145-0470 | |
| Social Security Benefits. For FS, the representative payee fee paid by a client who is required by the SSA to receive payments through a representative payee is excluded. The amount of the exclusion is limited to the amount authorized by the SSA. | B.65 | 461-145-0490 | |
| Generic Program Elements | Issuing benefits. Section renamed and amended to restate how the minimum benefit amount for FS is determined. | 461-165-0060 | |
| Cost-effective health insurance premiums. Updated with information from the WG as the WG is now obsolete. | F | N/A | |
| Estate administration. For clients who die after October 1, 2008, an estate claim may be made on assets that have been transferred to the spouse through an interspousal transfer. | K.1 K.2 |
461-135-0832 461-135-0835 |
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| OSIP | Deeming income. Revised for clarity and amended to state that an applying adult must be income eligible as an individual before any allocating or deeming. |
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| The divisor amount used to determine the length of a disqualification due to an asset transfer has been updated ($6,494). | E.12 SPD WG E.1 SPD WG E.3 |
461-140-0296 | |
| Amended the home repair and moving costs special need policy to allow more flexibility and an increase in the payment amount for moving costs. (effective 8/1/08, see SPD-PT-08-015). | H.6 H.7 |
461-155-0600 461-155-0610 |
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| Clarified the eligibility criteria for the accommodation allowance special need to to state that the intent of the special need is to provide funds to maintain an individual's home when the individual is or will be receiving in-home long term care services. | H.11 | 461-155-0660 | |
| New special need payment for personal incidentals and room & board. (effective 8/1/08, see SPD-PT-08-015). | H.14 WG.12 |
461-155-0700 | |
| New special need payment for diversion and transition services. See SPD-PT-08-020. | H.15 |
461-155-0710 | |
| Updated to reflect the increase to the FS FUA standard ($379). | WG.1 WG.2 WG.6 |
461-160-0420 | |
| SPD Worker Guide | Cost-effective health insurance premiums worker guide obsolete - see GPE F. | N/A | N/A |
