Common Law Marriage for Medical Programs: Quick Guide for Eligibility Workers

Criteria for considering someone common law married

Medicaid Programs and QI-1

Medicaid Benefits and QI-1 Explanation

How to Treat Separated and Divorced Couples for Eligibility Purposes

Divorced people are treated as individuals while separated people are treated as a couple

Eligible Couple

Policy Links Regarding Eligible Couple

Acting in the Role of Spouse

Acting in the role of spouse – a term used in TANF policy to denote an adult non-relative who lives with the client. For an adult non-relative to be considered as acting in the role of a spouse, the client and the non-relative must represent themselves as a couple and/or have a physical relationship with […]

Spousal Impoverishment

When the LTC applicant has a Spouse The intent of this policy is to ensure the community spouse (CS) avoids being left with nothing. Income is determined separately for an individual and his/her spouse for ADvantage, Nursing Home Care and Home Community Base Waiver/Intellectually Disabled (HCBW/ID) services. If the CS’s monthly gross income is less […]