Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies beginning the later of the following:

(1) The date that the office is informed that the United States Department of Health and Human Services has approved Indiana’s conversion to 1634 status within the Medicaid program.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-15-3-1.5

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) January 1, 2014.

     (b) The office shall determine eligibility for a Medicaid applicant or Medicaid recipient who is aged, blind, or disabled under IC 12-15-2-3.5.

     (c) If an individual:

(1) resides in a nursing facility or another medical institution; and

(2) has a spouse who does not reside in a nursing facility or another medical institution;

the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance that may be owned by the couple to be eligible for Medicaid is determined under IC 12-15-2-24.

As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.11.