C Transfer Penalty Period Begin Date

Examples

1)    Transfer Penalty begin date – First approved month

The customer applies for ALTCS on November 3, 2015.  He gave a piece of land to his daughter in April 2013, which is within the look-back period.  The customer is over income in November, but is eligible and approved effective December 2015.  The transfer penalty begins in December 2015, the first approved month.

2)    Transfer Penalty begin date – Month the transfer was made

The customer was approved for ALTCS starting July 1, 2015.  In November 2015, she gives her home property to her son.  Since the customer is already on ALTCS, the transfer penalty period begins in November 2015, the month of the transfer.

3)    Transfer Penalty begin date – First approved month

The customer applied for ALTCS in October 2015 and applied for prior quarter coverage for September 2015.  On November 10, 2015, while the application is still pending, the customer gives $15,000 cash to her nephew.  On November 30, 2015 the application is approved for September 2015, October 2015 and ongoing.  The transfer penalty period begins September 2015, the first approved month.

4)    Transfer Penalty begin date – Still in prior penalty period

The customer was approved for ALTCS Acute beginning May 2014, due to a transfer penalty period.  The penalty period runs from May 2014 through March 2016. 

In May 2015, his ALTCS eligibility ended because he did not complete a renewal. 

On September 2, 2015 he reapplies, and the ALTCS worker discovers that the customer sold his home property and gave the money to his children in August 2015 while he was not on ALTCS. 

The customer’s penalty period from the earlier application does not end until March 31, 2016.  The new penalty period for the transfer in August 2015 begins April 1, 2016.