This Administrative Directive (OMM/ADM) advises social services districts of the long-term care Medicaid eligibility provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. The DRA amends Section 1917 of the Social Security Act (the Act) to change asset transfer rules, require the disclosure of annuities and count as an available resource certain entrance fees for continuing care retirement communities. The DRA also amends Section 1919 of the Act to impose a home equity limitation for nursing facility services and community-based long-term care services.
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