<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:46:07:12"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000000">67:46:07:12</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000001">.  Computation of community spouse's maintenance allowance and excess shelter allowance.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> The community spouse's monthly minimum maintenance allowance is </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">one hundred fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> percent of the federal poverty income level</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> established in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> accordance with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:11:01:03"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">67:11:01:03</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> for two persons</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> divided by </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">twelve</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    The excess shelter allowance is determined by subtracting </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> percent of the minimum maintenance allowance from the community spouse's shelter costs. Shelter costs include rent or mortgage costs, trailer parking space fees, taxes and insurance on the premises, and condominium or cooperative maintenance charges for the couple's principal residence. Shelter costs also include the applicable supplemental nutrition assistance program utility allowance pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:13:01:02"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">67:13:01:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:13:01:05"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">67:13:01:05</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:13:01:06"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">67:13:01:06</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    Rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, and condominium and cooperative maintenance charges paid less frequently than monthly are prorated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    The combined spousal allowances may not exceed </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">three thousand nine hundred forty-eight dollars,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> unless a greater allowance is provided for under a court order of support</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> or if</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> through the fair hearing process</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> it is determined that a greater amount of need exists because of circumstances resulting in financial duress.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    These </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">allowances</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> are not permissible if the institutionalized spouse does not make the income available to the community spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> 16 SDR 203, effective May 27, 1990 and July 1, 1990; transferred from § 67:16:32:12, effective August 23, 1992; 19 SDR 141, effective March 25, 1993; 20 SDR 92, effective December 21, 1993; 20 SDR 170, effective April 21, 1994; 21 SDR 162, effective March 23, 1995; 31 SDR 107, effective February 1, 2005; 33 SDR 124, effective January 2, 2007; 34 SDR 271, effective April 17, 2007; 35 SDR 234, effective April 1, 2009; 41 SDR 7, effective July 29, 2014; 41 SDR 93, effective December 3, 2014; 41 SDR 218, effective June 30, 2015; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017; 47 SDR 24, effective September 10, 2020</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">; 47 SDR 138, effective July 1, 2021; 48 SDR 131, effective July 4, 2022; 49 SDR 125, effective July 3, 2023; 51 SDR 3, effective June 30, 2024; 51 SDR 140, effective June 30, 2025</span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-18"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">28-6-18</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">    </span><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-17"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">28-6-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-18"><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0-000002">28-6-18</span></a><span class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb840bcce-81b1-4cf4-b82b-e29b77f5079e000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>