Thirty (30) Consecutive Day Requirement

Thirty (30) Consecutive Day Requirement A. Long term care is defined as thirty (30) consecutive days or more in a medical facility. Day one (1) is the date of admission continuing through midnight on the thirtieth (30th) day, or a minimum of thirty-one (31) days or longer. The thirty (30) consecutive day requirement can be met in a hospital or nursing facility or a combination of the two. Time spent in an out-of- state facility or in a non-Title XIX facility immediately preceding a stay in a Mississippi hospital or nursing facility counts toward the thirty (30) consecutive day requirement provided there is no break in continuous institutionalization. The thirty (30) consecutive day requirement is applicable to individuals who need eligibility under the three hundred percent (300%) institutional limit. Upon meeting the thirty (30) consecutive day requirement, eligibility can extend back to the first (1st) of the month of application or the retroactive period provide the individual is otherwise eligible and resides in a title XIX facility. B. Exceptions to meeting the thirty (30) consecutive day requirement apply to an individual who dies prior to the thirty first (31st) day in continuous institutionalization and the individual who has income that does not exceed one hundred thirty-five percent (135%) of the federal poverty level.