Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 129 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT-DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE › Article 6 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM-CLIENTS' ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION › Section 129-6-103 - Determined eligibles; income standards

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Independent
			 living arrangements.
(1) The income standard
			 for each person in an independent living arrangement shall be based on the
			 total number of persons in the assistance plan as defined in K.A.R. 129-6-41 or
			 129-6-42.
(2) The income standards
			 for independent living may also be used if an applicant or recipient meets
			 either of the following conditions:
(A) Enters
			 a medicaid-approved facility, except that this paragraph shall not apply if
			 only one spouse in a married couple enters an institutional living arrangement;
			 or
(B) is absent from the home for
			 medical care for a period not to exceed the month in which the person left the
			 home and the two months following to allow for maintaining the applicant's or
			 recipient's independent living arrangements.
(3) Except as specified in paragraphs (a)(4)
			 through (13), the following table shall be used to determine the income
			 standard for persons in an independent living arrangement.
Persons in Independent Living (per
							 month)
1
2
3
$475
$475
$480
The income standard for additional persons shall be the sum of
				the basic standard for a similar public assistance family and the maximum state
				shelter standard in accordance with K.A.R. 30-4-101.
(4) In determining eligibility for pregnant
			 women under K.A.R. 129-6-71 and for infants under K.A.R. 129-6-72(b), the
			 income standard shall be 166 percent of the official federal poverty-level
			 income guidelines.
(5) In
			 determining eligibility for young children under K.A.R. 129-6-72(c), the income
			 standard shall be 149 percent of the official federal poverty-level income
			 guidelines.
(6) In determining
			 eligibility for older children under K.A.R. 129-6-72(d), the income standard
			 shall be 133 percent of the official federal poverty-level income
			 guidelines.
(7) In determining
			 eligibility for poverty-level medicare beneficiaries under K.A.R. 129-6-86, the
			 income standard shall be 100 percent of the official federal poverty-level
			 income guidelines.
(8) In
			 determining eligibility for working disabled individuals under K.A.R. 129-6-87,
			 the income standard shall be 200 percent of the official federal poverty-level
			 income guidelines.
(9) In
			 determining eligibility for low-income medicare beneficiaries under K.A.R.
			 129-6-86, the income standard shall be 120 percent of the official federal
			 poverty-level income guidelines.
(10) In determining eligibility for expanded
			 low-income medicare beneficiaries under K.A.R. 129-6-86, the income standard
			 shall be 120 to 135 percent of the official federal poverty-level income
			 guidelines, subject to available federal funding.
(11) In determining eligibility for disabled
			 individuals with earned income under K.A.R. 129-6-88, the income standard shall
			 be 300 percent of the official federal poverty-level income
			 guidelines.
(12) In determining
			 eligibility for persons in the medikan program under K.A.R. 129-6-95, the
			 income standard shall be $250 for a single individual and $325 for a married
			 couple.
(13) In determining
			 eligibility for persons in long-term care arrangements in accordance with
			 K.A.R. 129-6-54(d) (1), the income standard shall be 300 percent of the payment
			 standard for one person in the SSI program. For calendar year 2013, the income
			 standard shall be $2,130, and this amount shall be increased at the beginning
			 of each calendar year by any cost-of-living adjustment made to the SSI payment
			 standard.