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Fact Sheet & Form for Keeping SSI for 90 Days in Temporary Hospital or Nursing Home Placement Download
SSI Temporary Institutional Stay Fact Sheet and Form 2024-03 (3-11-14 VB).pdf
This fact sheet explains requirements for maintaining SSI (Supplemental Security Income) for up to 90 days during a temporary hospital or nursing home stay. The PDF also includes a new official form (2023) for requesting continuation of SSI benefits, which must be filed with the Social Security Administration within strict timelines. Note that if SSI benefits are terminated, Medicaid will also be terminated, after "Stenson" notices are mailed giving the recipient an opportunity to recertify for Medicaid without SSI. See http://www.wnylc.com/health/entry/85/
11 Mar, 2024 312 kb Downloads: 12839
Fact Sheet on Keeping Income During and After a Temporary Nursing Home Stay Download
Fact Sheet on Keeping Income In & After Nursing Home Stays 3-2024 FINAL.pdf
NYLAG Fact Sheet on consumer Right to keep more income during a temporary nursing home stay, as well as after a nursing home stay if a consumer is enrolled in a Managed Long Term Care plan or for some consumers who are married.
11 Mar, 2024 943 kb Downloads: 6883
Currency Conversion Worksheet for Holocaust Reparations Download
Reparation worksheet.xls (02-2024).xlsx
Use this worksheet to convert lifetime total amount received in Holocaust reparations / restitution from foreign currencies (Deutschmarks and Euros) into U.S. Dollars. This is for purposes of taking advantage of the exemption of saved reparations payments from the resource test for Federally-funded means-tested benefits, like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Updated through Feb. 2022
01 Mar, 2024 147 kb Downloads: 8179
NYLAG Statement Opposing Proposed Cuts to the CDPAP Program in NYS 2024-25 Budget Download
NYLAG MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION - CDPAP in 30-day Amendments FINAL.3 (2-27-24).pdf
NYLAG's statement opposing various cuts to the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program proposed by the Governor in the 2024-25 Budget. (revised 2/27/24)
27 Feb, 2024 696 kb Downloads: 481
NYLAG Memo in Support of HOME CARE SAVINGS AND REINVESTMENT ACT (S7800/A8470) Download
NYLAG MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT S7800-A8470.pdf
NYLAG Memo in Support of HOME CARE SAVINGS AND REINVESTMENT ACT (S7800/A8470) that would replace the MLTC program with a managed fee- for service program.
26 Feb, 2024 790 kb Downloads: 155
Basic Eligibility for Medicaid and Home Care in NYS - Age 65+, Disabled, Blind Download
Medicaid Basic - 2024 FINAL (2-20-2024).pdf
This is basic information about Medicaid eligibility for the Disabled, Aged 65+, and Blind (DAB) category and about applying for Community Medicaid in order to receive home care (personal care or consumer-directed personal assistance) through Managed Long Term Care or based on Immediate Need through the local Medicaid program. (updated Feb. 20, 2024 with final 2024 Income and Asset limits released by DOH)
20 Feb, 2024 344 kb Downloads: 187857
NYLAG Comments to CMS Proposed Standards for Improved Access to Home & Community Based Services Download
NYLAG Comments HCBS-Access Rule 6-30-23 CMS-2442-P.pdf
NYLAG filed these comments on June 30, 2023 to the federal CMS Medicaid agency's proposal to improve standards for accessing Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Provisions - see CMS summary at https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/ensuring-access-medicaid-services-cms-2442-p-notice-proposed-rulemaking and

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-help-ensure-access-quality-health-care-medicaid#
18 Sep, 2023 940 kb Downloads: 284
Supplemental Needs Trusts Outline for Advocates - Including Impact on Various Benefits of Transfers of Lump Sums into SNT's UPdated 6/2023 Download
SNT Outline 2023-06.pdf
Training Outline for Advocates on Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs) (individual and pooled), and the effect of SNTs on various public benefit programs (updated 6/30/2023). Updated sections include Temporary/Public cash assistance, SNAP, ABLE accounts, Public Housing and Section 8, changes in procedures for submitting pooled trusts in NYC. Also heads up about 2023 increases in Medicaid income and asset limits and update about the 30-month community based lookback).
01 Jul, 2023 1.3 mb Downloads: 214888
Using an SNT to Eliminate the Medicaid spend-down - Fact Sheet (May 2023) Download
SNT Short 2023-05 FINAL.pdf
How to get Medicaid despite having "excess income" - Using a Supplemental Needs Trust to Eliminate the Spend-down for Persons who are Elderly (65+), Blind or Disabled. Written by New York Legal Assistance Group Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, updated May 2023 with new procedures in NYC for submitting disability forms, and with 2023 figures.
23 May, 2023 476 kb Downloads: 159432
Excel Template for Medicaid Non-MAGI Budgeting -2023 FPL: Download
Medicaid Budgeting worksheet 2023-REVISED protected .xls
Excel template that can be used to calculate Medicaid non-MAGI eligibility under the increased 2023 levels - see http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/90/. Template uses 2023 Federal Poverty Limits. These budgets are to be used by advocates as a tool to estimate spend-down and eligibility to counsel consumers as the Public Health Emergency unwinding begins. See http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/86/#unwinding. Template has different tabs for different types of budgeting schemes. -- See list of these at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/222/.
17 May, 2023 95 kb Downloads: 2973
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