Revision 09-4; Effective December 1, 2009

Upon request of either the institutionalized spouse or the community spouse, or either spouse's authorized representative, assess the couple's resources to determine the spousal protected resource amount. The request and assessment may be made any time from the beginning of the continuous period in an institutional setting to the date of application for Medicaid.

J-4110 Automatic SPRA

Revision 09-4; Effective December 1, 2009

An automatic SPRA occurs when a community Medicaid recipient requests a program transfer to an institutional setting; use minimum SPRA at the time of the request.