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Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C208 > 208_694Eligibility--discontinuance of program, effect of--reciprocalagreements.
208.694. 1. An individual who is a beneficiary of a Missouriqualified long-term care partnership-approved policy is eligible forassistance under MO HealthNet using asset disregard under sections 208.690to 208.698.
2. If the Missouri long-term care partnership program isdiscontinued, an individual who purchased a qualified long-term carepartnership-approved policy prior to the date the program was discontinuedshall be eligible to receive asset disregard, as provided by Title VI,Section 6021 of the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
3. The department of social services may enter into reciprocalagreements with other states that have asset disregard provisionsestablished under Title VI, Section 6021 of the Federal Deficit ReductionAct of 2005 in order to extend the asset disregard to Missouri residentswho purchase long-term care policies in another state.
(L. 2007 S.B. 577)
