When determining initial eligibility for long-term care assistance for an institutionalized spouse in a nursing or intermediate care facility or who is receiving HCBS or HCBWS, the community spouse's share must be deducted from the couple's total countable resources.
If the institutionalized spouse was a former recipient during the same continuous period of institutionalization, provisions of § 67:46:07:08 apply.
S.D. Admin. R. 67:46:07:06
General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1, 28-6-18.
Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1, 28-6-18.
Definition of HCBS, § 67:54:04:01; Definition of HCBWS, § 67:44:03:01.