Bill Text: IN HB1221 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Life insurance and Medicaid.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-16 - Effective 07/01/2011 [HB1221 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1221-Enrolled.html
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(1) is:
(A) at least fifty-five (55) years of age; or
(B) permanently institutionalized; and
(2) has:
(A) made an irrevocable election to name the state as a beneficiary of the life insurance policy for an amount equal to:
(i) Medicaid benefits provided to the recipient under IC 12-15-5 or IC 12-14-17; plus
(ii) premiums or expenses paid by the office to the insurer that issued the life insurance policy; or
(B) collaterally assigned the life insurance policy to the state under a written agreement submitted to and recorded by the insurer that issued the life insurance policy.
(b) Any life insurance policy that is in force and under which the
state is named as an irrevocable beneficiary or that has been
collaterally assigned to the state may not be sold, assigned, or the
ownership transferred to any person or entity. This restriction
exists as long as the life insurance policy names the state as an
irrevocable beneficiary or as long as the life insurance policy is
collaterally assigned to the state.
(c) Life insurance policy proceeds that exceed the amount of
Medicaid benefits provided to a recipient shall be paid to a
beneficiary named by the applicant or recipient.
(1) establishes one (1) irrevocable trust that has a value of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exclusive of interest, and is established for the sole purpose of providing money for the burial of the applicant or recipient;
(2) enters into an irrevocable prepaid funeral agreement having a value of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or
(3) owns a life insurance policy with a face value of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and with respect to which provision is made to pay not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) toward the applicant's or recipient's funeral expenses;
the value of the trust, prepaid funeral agreement, or life insurance policy may not be considered as a resource in determining the applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Medicaid.
(b) Subject to subsection (d), if an applicant for or a recipient of Medicaid establishes an irrevocable trust or escrow under IC 30-2-13, the entire value of the trust or escrow may not be considered as a resource in determining the applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Medicaid.
(c) Except as provided in IC 12-15-3-7, if an applicant for or a recipient of Medicaid owns resources described in subsection (a) and the total value of those resources is more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the value of those resources that is more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be considered as a resource in determining the applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Medicaid.
(d) In order for a trust, an escrow, a life insurance policy, or a prepaid funeral agreement to be exempt as a resource in determining an applicant's or a recipient's eligibility for Medicaid under this section, the applicant or recipient must designate the office or the applicant's or recipient's estate to receive any remaining amounts after delivery of all
services and merchandise under the contract as reimbursement for
Medicaid assistance provided to the applicant or recipient after
fifty-five (55) years of age. The office may receive funds under this
subsection only to the extent permitted by 42 U.S.C. 1396p. The
computation of remaining amounts shall be made as of the date of
delivery of services and merchandise under the contract and must be
the excess, if any, derived from:
(1) growth in principal;
(2) accumulation and reinvestment of dividends;
(3) accumulation and reinvestment of interest; and
(4) accumulation and reinvestment of distributions;
on the applicant's or recipient's trust, escrow, life insurance policy, or
prepaid funeral agreement over and above the seller's current retail
price of all services, merchandise, and cash advance items set forth in
the applicant's or recipient's contract.
(1) the applicant or recipient is more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; or
(2) the applicant or recipient and the applicant's or recipient's spouse is more than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250) for medical assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled.
(b) In the case of an applicant who is an eligible individual, a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by the applicant or the applicant's spouse may not be considered when calculating the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned by the applicant or the applicant's spouse.
(c) In the case of an individual who:
(1) resides in a nursing facility or another medical institution; and
(2) has a spouse who does not reside in a nursing facility or another medical institution;
the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance that may be owned by the couple to be eligible for the program is determined under IC 12-15-2-24.
or a recipient of assistance to the blind or disabled who is less than
eighteen (18) years of age owns money, stock, bonds, and life
insurance whose total cash value is more than one thousand five
hundred dollars ($1,500), the amount of the excess shall be added to
the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance owned
by the applicant or recipient to determine the recipient's eligibility for
Medicaid under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) However, a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by
the parent of an applicant for or a recipient of assistance may not be
added to the total cash value of money, stock, bonds, and life insurance
owned by the applicant or recipient to determine the recipient's
eligibility for Medicaid under section 1 of this chapter.
(1) The face value of a life insurance policy.
(2) The cash value of a life insurance policy.
(b) The value of a life insurance policy that is in force and owned by an applicant or a recipient who is at least fifty-five (55) years of age or permanently institutionalized may not be considered as a resource in determining the applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Medicaid if the applicant or recipient:
(1) makes an irrevocable election to name the state as a beneficiary of the life insurance policy for an amount that is not greater than:
(A) Medicaid benefits provided to the recipient under IC 12-15-5 or IC 12-14-17; plus
(B) premiums or expenses paid by the office to the insurer that issued the life insurance policy; or
(2) collaterally assigned the life insurance policy to the state under a written agreement submitted to and recorded by the insurer that issued the life insurance policy.
(c) Any designation of the state as an irrevocable beneficiary or any collateral assignment in favor of the state is void if the application for Medicaid benefits is not approved.
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