CMCS Informational Bulletin Further Extends Spousal Impoverishment Rules for Married Applicants and Recipients of Home and Community-Based Services

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Informational Bulletin to advise that the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (Pub. L. No. 117-328, enacted on December 29, 2022) modifies section 2404 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to require that state Medicaid agencies apply the spousal impoverishment rules to married applicants and beneficiaries eligible for home and community-based services (HCBS) through September 30, 2027.