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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.
Food benefit program updates are covered specifically in the Family Services Manual.
Manual |
Change |
Section/Item |
Rule Change |
Counting Client Assets | Clarified the criteria for the exclusion of pension and retirement plans. | B.50 |
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Generic Program Elements | WG G.1 is obsolete. Information on personal injury liens can now be found in GPE section H. | GPE H | N/A |
WG G.4 is now obsolete. Information on completing hearing requests can now be found in GPE section I. | GPE I | N/A | |
Glossary | To be considered an eligible dependent for long-term care purposes, an individual must be claimed as a tax dependent by the client or the community spouse. | Eligible dependent | 461-001-0030 |
Clarified that when an individual is in a Medicare skilled nursing facility they are not considered to be in a non-standard living arrangement (no disqualification due to an asset transfer for these clients). | Non-standard living arrangement | 461-001-0000 | |
OSIP | A new application is not required when a client's case is closed in the previous month due to failure to pay the liability or the participant fee. | B.1 | 461-115-0050 |
Moved the policy related to when deeming applies to the policy on financial groups. Also, two calculation worksheets for allocation and deeming have been created: |
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Community spouse standards. Updated the minimum maintenance needs allowance and shelter allowance for a community spouse. | E.4 WG.1 WG.2 WG.6 WG.12 |
461-160-0620 | |
Clarified when to put an individual into retrospective budgeting. |
E.14 | 461-150-0050 | |
Clarified how to calculate the accommodation allowance amount for an individual refinances a mortgage. | H.11 | 461-155-0660 | |
Pay-in | Added Reopening Case that was Closed due to Failure to Pay the Liability section. | Payments | 461-115-0050 |
QMB | Overall review and clean-up of QMB manual. | N/A | |
Clarified when to put an individual into retrospective budgeting. | E.5 | 461-150-0050 | |
SPD Worker Guide | Worker Guide A.1, Titles of the Social Security Act has been removed. The titles can be accessed on the SSA web site. | N/A | N/A |
Qualifying Quarters. Worker Guide B.2 now links to the CAF-SSP Family Services Manual. Moved link to Worker Guide D.4 with the other noncitizen guides. | N/A | N/A | |
Update to the DD/MH worker guide. | D.8 | N/A | |
WG G.1 is obsolete. Information on personal injury liens can now be found in GPE section H. | GPE H | N/A | |
WG G.4 is now obsolete. Information on completing hearing requests can now be found in GPE section I. | GPE I | N/A |