Or. Admin. Code § 461-160-0630

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024
Section 461-160-0630 - Deduction for Maintaining a Home; Nursing Facility Care Client

Retroactively effective July 6, 2020, in the OSIP and OSIPM programs:

(1) A single individual in a nursing facility is eligible for a home maintenance deduction for up to six months if all of the following are true:
(a) The individual would not be able to afford to keep the home or rental property without the deduction.
(b) A physician has documented that the individual is likely to return home within six months.
(c) The Department determines that maintaining the home is consistent with the individual's care needs.
(2) The amount of the deduction is the total of the individual's housing cost, including taxes and homeowners insurance, plus the limited standard utility allowance for the SNAP program provided in OAR 461-160-0420.

Or. Admin. Code § 461-160-0630

AFS 80-1989, f. 12-21-89, cert. ef. 2-1-90; AFS 29-1994, f. 12-29-94, cert. ef. 1-1-95; AFS 10-2002, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-02; SSP 30-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-1-13 thru 3-30-14; SSP 38-2013, f. 12-31-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14; SSP 23-2017, f. 9-11-17, cert. ef. 10/1/2017; SSP 11-2018, amend filed 03/09/2018, effective 4/1/2018; SSP 8-2019, amend filed 03/13/2019, effective 4/1/2019; SSP 13-2019, minor correction filed 04/30/2019, effective 4/30/2019; SSP 21-2020, amend filed 07/08/2020, effective 7/8/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 411.060, 411.404, 413.085 & 414.685

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 411.060 & 411.404