2-007.04 Consideration of Relative Responsibility

When the client (i.e., a spouse or parent) has relative responsibility for a client in another assistance unit and the responsible relative owns the resource(s), the worker divides the value by the number of units to determine the amount to be counted to each. An AABD/MA or SDP/MA couple is considered one unit.

Exception: If the responsible relative receives SSI, none of the value of the resource(s) is considered to the other unit.

When the client (i.e., a spouse or parent) has relative responsibility for a client in another assistance unit and both clients own the resource(s), regulations in 470 NAC 2-007.03A1 are followed and the resource is divided by the number of owners only. This meets the requirements of relative responsibility.