LibGuides: Special Needs Trusts by Timothy Davenport: Administrative Regulations

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Code of Federal Regulations

The following are a list of Federal Regulations that may be apllicable to the creation of your special needs trust. In order to create a special needs trust, your clients will have to meet the standards of either disability, medicaid, or other qualifying organizations before the trust can be approved.

NOTE: Some states even require that the trust be pre approved by the Social Securuty Administration fore it will be approved.

§ 435.948 Verifying financial information
Effective: October 1, 2013
42 C.F.R. § 435.948
§ 435.948 Verifying financial information
§ 435.911 Determination of eligibility.
Effective: October 1, 2013
42 C.F.R. § 435.911
§ 435.911 Determination of eligibility.
§ 435.916 Periodic renewal of Medicaid eligibility.
Effective: October 1, 2013
42 C.F.R. § 435.916
§ 435.916 Periodic renewal of Medicaid eligibility.
§ 435.541 Determinations of disability.
Effective: January 1, 2014
42 C.F.R. § 435.541
§ 435.541 Determinations of disability.

Trust Regulations by State

PS 01825.004 Arizona	10/28/2009
SI 01120.203KC Nonprofit Status of Pooled Trusts in the KC Region (RT...	02/07/2013
SI 01120.203BOS MARC Special Needs Pooled Trust (TN 5-241 - 8/2003)	02/07/2013
PS 01825.037 North Dakota	03/07/2006
SI 01120.199 Early Termination Provisions and Trusts	05/14/2013
PS 01825.048 Texas	03/11/2010
PS 01825.014 Hawaii	10/27/2009
SI 01120.203 Exceptions to Counting Trusts Established on or after 1/...	05/14/2013
PS 01825.006 California	09/11/2013
SI 01120.203NY Policy--Exception to Counting Medicaid Trusts : Legal ...	02/07/2013
PS 01825.007 Colorado	09/15/2011
PS 01825.029 Montana	04/02/2008
PS 01825.020 Kentucky	06/12/2008
PS 01825.026 Minnesota	06/02/2011
SI 01120.200KC Revocability of Grantor Trusts (RTN 8 - 07/2009)	02/07/2013
RM 01103.017 Assisting Employers and Reporting Entities to Apply for ...	08/01/2012
PS 01825.031 Nevada	10/27/2009
PS 01825.039 Ohio	06/15/2009
PS 01825.056 Wyoming	11/23/2007
PS 01825.012 Georgia	06/17/2008
GN 00602.075 Transfer of Benefits to a Trust	07/05/2007
PS 01825.046 South Dakota	02/09/2012
PS 01825.038 Northern Mariana Islands	10/27/2009
SI 01120.202 Development and Documentation of Trusts Established on o...	12/11/2013
SI 01120.227 Null and Void Clauses in Trust Documents	12/04/2012
PR 07215.023 Maryland	10/15/2008
PS 01825.035 New York	02/06/2014
PS 01825.033 New Jersey	02/06/2014
PS 01825.025 Michigan	06/15/2009
PS 01825.030 Nebraska	07/01/2002
PR 07240.034 New Mexico	01/06/2009
PS 01825.017 Indiana	06/15/2009
PS 01825.019 Kansas	11/08/2004
PS 01825.018 Iowa	07/01/2002
SI 01120.000 Identifying Resources - Table of Contents	11/27/2013
PS 01825.011 Florida	12/07/2011
PR 07215.034 New Mexico	10/15/2008
PS 01825.016 Illinois	06/15/2009
PS 01415.016 Illinois	01/11/2007
PR 07240.042 Pennsylvania	01/08/2009
PR 07235.047 Tennessee	10/16/2008
DI 52110.001 Annuities and Trusts	09/25/2008
PS 01825.047 Tennesse	08/03/2010
PS 01825.055 Wisconsin	07/17/2009
PR 07240.055 Wisconsin	02/10/2009
PS 01825.042 Pennsylvania	01/02/2004
PS 01825.028 Missouri	07/01/2002
PR 07215.052 Virginia	10/15/2008
PR 07215.042 Pennsylvania	10/15/2008
PR 07215.054 West Virginia	10/16/2008
PR 07215.021 Louisiana	10/15/2008
PS 01805.025 Michigan	04/16/2008
PR 07240.025 Michigan	10/17/2008
PR 07215.009 Delaware	10/08/2008
PR 07215.010 District of Columbia	10/08/2008
SI 00601.060 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Interviewing	09/20/2012
PS 01810.056 Wyoming	11/15/2004
PS 01815.025 Michigan	07/23/2008
PR 07240.026 Minnesota	10/20/2008
NL 00804.110 Medicaid -- SSI Paragraphs	05/27/2011
PS 01415.028 Missouri	09/17/2002
PS 01805.022 Maine	04/28/2009
PS 01805.008 Connecticut	04/28/2009
PS 01805.024 Massachusetts	04/28/2009
PS 01805.050 Vermont	04/28/2009
PS 01805.044 Rhode Island	04/28/2009
PS 01805.032 New Hampshire

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Pooled Trusts
Pooled Trusts, also referred to as (d)(4)(C) trusts, share similar traits with traditional Disability Trusts. Their primary goal is to preserve an individuals benefits. However, to establish a valid Pooled Trust, it must satisfy specific legal requirements.
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Third Party Funded Trusts
1. Special needs trusts established under Section 1917(d)(4)(A) of the Act
a. General rules for special needs trusts

NOTE: Although this exception is commonly referred to as the special needs trust exception, the exception applies to any trust meeting the following requirements and does not have to be a strict special needs trust.

The resource counting provisions of Section 1613(e) do not apply to a trust:

Which contains the assets of an individual under age 65 and who is disabled; and

Which is established for the benefit of such individual through the actions of a parent, grandparent, legal guardian or a court; and

Which provides that the State(s) will receive all amounts remaining in the trust upon the death of the individual up to an amount equal to the total medical assistance paid on behalf of the individual under a State Medicaid plan.