ARSD 67:46:07:06. Initial month of eligibility

When determining initial eligibility for long-term care assistance for an institutionalized spouse in a nursing or intermediate care facility or who is receiving HCBS or HCBWS, the community spouse's share must be deducted from the couple's total countable resources. If the institutionalized spouse was a former recipient during the same continuous period of institutionalization, provisions of § 67:46:07:08 apply.