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Purchase of Life Estate Considered Transfer of Property Requiring Delay of Medicaid Eligibility

The Fourth Department upheld the determination that petitioner’s transfer of property within the 60-month look-back period for Medicaid mandated an approximately fourteen-month delay in Medicaid eligibility (petitioner was in a nursing home, seeking payment of the expenses by Medicaid).  The Fourth Department explained the relevant criteria with respect to petitioner’s purchase of a life estate in property previously purchased by her daughter and grandson:

“ ‘In determining the medical assistance eligibility of an institutionalized individual, any transfer of an asset by the individual . . . for less than fair market value made within or after the look-back period shall render the individual ineligible for nursing facility services’ for a certain penalty period (Social Services Law § 366 [5] [d] [3]).  The look-back period is the ‘[60]month period[ ] immediately preceding the date that an [applicant] is both institutionalized and has applied for medical assistance’ (§ 366 [5] [d] [1] [vi]).  Where an applicant has transferred assets for less than fair market value, the burden of proof is on the applicant to ‘rebut the presumption that the transfer of funds was motivated, in part if not in whole, by . . . anticipation of future need to qualify for medical assistance’ ” … .  With respect to the specific issue of the purchase of a life estate for less than fair market value, Social Services Law § 366 (5) (e) (3) (ii) provides that “the purchase of a life estate interest in another person’s home shall be treated as the disposal of an asset for less than fair market value unless the purchaser resided in such home for a period of at least one year after the date of purchase.” Matter of Albino v Shah…, 1152, 4th Dept 11-8-13

 

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