42 C.F.R. § 435.845 : Public Health — CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS — ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA — SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY AND POST-ELIGIBILITY FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MEDICALLY NEEDY —DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY ON THE BASIS OF RESOURCES — Medically needy resource eligibility

To determine eligibility on the basis of resources for medically needy individuals, the agency must:

(a) Consider only the individual's resources and those that are considered available to him under the financial responsibility requirements for relatives in §435.602.
(b) Deduct the amounts that would be deducted in determining resource eligibility for the medically needy group as provided for in §435.601 or under the criteria of States using more restrictive criteria than SSI as provided for in §435.121. In determining the amount of an individual's resources for Medicaid eligibility, States must count amounts of resources that otherwise would not be counted under the conditional eligibility provisions of the SSI or AFDC programs.
(c) Apply the resource standard specified under §435.840.

42 C.F.R. § 435.845

58 FR 4933, 1/19/1993