ADDITIONAL RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEAGED, BLIND AND DISABLED CATEGORIES OF MA

1. (a) Nonresident real property which is not excluded, or which loses the status of an excluded property and which can be converted to cash, is considered available to the applicant/recipient. The applicant/recipient shall have a 6-month period in which to make a bona fide effort to sell the property. The 6-month period may be extended for an additional 3 months if the applicant/recipient can demonstrate good cause for not selling the property by the end of the 6-month period.
2. (b) If an applicant/recipient is a joint owner of liquid resources, such as but not limited to, a checking or savings account, each owner is considered to own a share proportional to his net contribution to the resource. The applicant/recipient shall verify net contributions. If there is no evidence of net contributions, each owner is presumed to own an equal share.
3. (c) If an applicant/recipient is living with a nonapplicant/nonrecipient spouse or other person and property is jointly owned with the nonapplicant/nonrecipient spouse or other person, the MA resource limit for the applicant/recipient is based on the number of persons who live together and jointly own the property.

Cross References

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 178.121 (relating to general).