8260 Income Standards

A standard has been established which is the amount of monthly income protected from medical expenses to allow applicants/recipients to meet their maintenance needs. This standard is 300% of the SSI standard for a single individual. See the Kansas Medical Assistance Standards in the Appendix for the applicable standard amount. This standard is applicable the month HCBS is effective (8200.3).

Each individual shall be considered a separate household of one for budgeting purposes except as provided in 8243. Adults may allocate a portion of their income for the support of dependents. (See 8243 (3) or the spousal impoverishment income provisions of 8244.2).
An HCBS recipient who enters a medical institution for a temporary stay shall continue to be budgeted for HCBS for the month of entrance and the two following month. After that time period, HCBS services would be fully terminated, and the long term care rules outlined in 8100 would be applicable. See also 8272.
For an individual who fails the 300% special income test described in 7430(4), a standard 300% of the SSI standard for a single individual (See the F-8, Kansas Medical Assistance Standards) shall be applicable if the client obligation does not exceed the monthly cost of care for the HCBS services. If the client obligation exceeds the cost of care, the independent living standard (7430(2)), budgeting methodology (4300) and base period (7330) shall be applicable. See 8270.2.